United Kingdom: Marriage Equality Opponents Turn in 500,000 Signatures

Written by scott on June 12th, 2012

Gay Marriage Opponents Turn in 500,000 Signatures in the UKDavid Cameron was today presented with a mass petition opposing plans to introduce same-sex marriage. The Coalition for Marriage (C4M) handed in the 500,000-strong petition to Downing Street this afternoon.

Mike Judge, spokesman for C4M, said: “I think marriage is incredibly important. Its definition predates the Government and the Christian church and I don’t think it’s for politicians to redefine it.”

The group is backed by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, who described plans to introduce same-sex marriage as a “hostile strike”.

Full Story from Independent.co.uk

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