Archive for 'Gay marriage'
Two legal victories: Outlawing caste discrimination, gay marriage in France
In a welcome move, the House of Lords has ruled that caste should be deemed a protected characteristic in a new clause in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. This follows an earlier defeat for this amendment in the House of Commons. Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, commented:
We are delighted [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2013 under France, Gay marriage.
The ultimate taboo?
With the Supreme Court holding a second day of hearings on the question of same-sex marriage, it’s interesting to note the astonishingly fast change of public opinion in the US on the issue.
Even Fox News’s conservative curmudgeon Bill O’Reilly conceded: “The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals.”
Ohio’s Republican Senator Rob Portman recently [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2013 under Gay Rights, Gay marriage, Stateside.
On the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
I agree with William Hague, Theresa May and George Osborne – for once. I also (much less unusually) agree with Norman Geras who asserts that there are no sound reasons for opposing gay marriage. The Telegraph seems to attract a disproportionate (and, to be fair, unearned) number of bigoted commenters on all topics, and the thread [...]
Posted: February 5th, 2013 under Gay marriage.
The Redefinition of Marriage
One of the most repeated arguments against allowing people of the same sex to marry is that this will involve a “redefinition” of marriage. This is a nonsensical argument.
When a gay couple announce they’re getting married and to expect a wedding invitation in the post, their friends and family do not stare uncomprehending into the [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2012 under Gay Rights, Gay marriage, Homophobia, UK Politics, Uncategorized.
Ugandan Discussions
When I first read of Adrian Smith being demoted and having a 40% pay cut slapped on him for stating on Facebook an opposition to same-sex marriage, I hung fire. As dismal as it looked for Traford Housing Trust to rusticate an employee for a comment made outwith work and which had the most [...]
Posted: November 16th, 2012 under Employment Rights, Gay marriage, Homophobia, Uganda.
Gay Marriage in Scotland
It always was a hostage to fortune with the SNP courting support from community gatekeepers presuming to speak for Scotland’s established Christian Churches when it came gay marriage.
When the Scottish Government announced last year that it would move to introduce gay marriage, there seemed little stopping it from doing so. The power to remove the [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2012 under Gay marriage, Scotland.