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Originally Posted by Ellen
A civil partnership in the uk has the same legal rights has a marriage, the only difference is the name.
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Exactly.
If they do legalise gay "marriage" this will in no way force the church into conducting gay marriages. And if the gay lobby tried to force the church under equality law, then in the name of equality, the Muslims, Jews, Hindus etc. etc. etc. will be all forced to legalise it also. This will not happen.
Niall is right, there was a whole discussion about this on another thread, so at the risk of going over the same ground... I see no reason why religious gay people could not have a civil marriage and a religious blessing, like divorced heterosexual couples have been doing for decades and decades without feeling like they were being marginalised.