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Gay Marriage
Why is David Cameron so determined to push through this legislation, when there are more pressing things to be dealt with in the House?
Personally I couldn't give a tinker's cuss either way because it doesn't affect me.
I have seen it written in more than one source that the majority of gay people couldn't really care less either, so I'm struggling to understand why Cameron has got the bit between his teeth so much.
Personally I couldn't give a tinker's cuss either way because it doesn't affect me.
I have seen it written in more than one source that the majority of gay people couldn't really care less either, so I'm struggling to understand why Cameron has got the bit between his teeth so much.
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It is one of the conditions the LibDems imposed for their support of Cameron in a Coalition Government.
If Cameron reneges on the deal then the Coalition will be ended. Of course that will inevitably happen later. Cameron does not want to trigger a general election now because he would certainly lose it.
If Cameron reneges on the deal then the Coalition will be ended. Of course that will inevitably happen later. Cameron does not want to trigger a general election now because he would certainly lose it.
If the things I've read are true, the majority of the gay community don't care, so it isn't about equal rights - although ironically if it was about equal rights, by making it legal we will conferring greater rights, not equal rights, on them,
because heterosexual couples cannot enter a civil union.
because heterosexual couples cannot enter a civil union.
It has been pretty widely reported ummm.
When I say I don't think it is about equal rights, I should qualify that by saying I don't think equal rights is why David Cameron is championing it.
You don't think there are more pressing things that we should be addressing rayray? Really? Where have you been?
If the change to the law goes through on the nod, then fair enough - but I hope it doesn't take up too much time when that valuable time could have been devoted to more pressing things.
When I say I don't think it is about equal rights, I should qualify that by saying I don't think equal rights is why David Cameron is championing it.
You don't think there are more pressing things that we should be addressing rayray? Really? Where have you been?
If the change to the law goes through on the nod, then fair enough - but I hope it doesn't take up too much time when that valuable time could have been devoted to more pressing things.
the proposal seems to have boosted Cameron above Miliband among gays
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flip_flop , I can think of loads of pressing things , but whats important to me may not be to others! I just believe that all citizens of this country deserve to be treated equally. Spending hours of parliaments time talking about the economy , health, education etc ( which I think are very pressing) doesnt mean that a section of British society should be ignored, and lets face it , there will never be a right time or enough time for some.
What grave injustice and terrible consequences will gay people suffer if they are not allowed to marry? As far as I can see only a minority of gay people (who themselves are a small minority of the electorate) want the right to wed anyway.
This matter was not in the Tory nor the LibDem manifesto. It was not in the Coalition agreement. Suddenly it has become one of the most important issues of our time whilst issues that were in the party's manifestos havebeen quietly ditched.
I answered a similar question on AB a couple of weeks ago. I was told (a) the matter is taking up virtually no Parliamentary time (b) because there are more pressing matters to deal with we should get the unimportant ones out of the way first (no, I'm not joking) and (c) huge numbers of people want to see gay marriage allowed.
I'm not convinced on any of these counts.
This matter was not in the Tory nor the LibDem manifesto. It was not in the Coalition agreement. Suddenly it has become one of the most important issues of our time whilst issues that were in the party's manifestos havebeen quietly ditched.
I answered a similar question on AB a couple of weeks ago. I was told (a) the matter is taking up virtually no Parliamentary time (b) because there are more pressing matters to deal with we should get the unimportant ones out of the way first (no, I'm not joking) and (c) huge numbers of people want to see gay marriage allowed.
I'm not convinced on any of these counts.
Certainly a LOT of the gay population don't seem to give a stuff.
They seem to fall into two broad opinion groups ...
1. We want to be just like the rest of you, but with a partner of the same sex. O
2. Stop trying to turn us into clones of the rest of you, because we have our own identity, thank you very much.
They seem to fall into two broad opinion groups ...
1. We want to be just like the rest of you, but with a partner of the same sex. O
2. Stop trying to turn us into clones of the rest of you, because we have our own identity, thank you very much.
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