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UK govt backs down on forcing chaplains to conduct gay 'marriages'

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LONDON , May 16, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The UK ’s Conservative-led coalition government is under fire from both sides over its “gay marriage bill.” Possible cracks are appearing in the government’s determination to push forward with the bill, which has already passed in the House of Commons , in a change of heart over military chaplains. Earlier this week, Equalities Minister Maria Miller issued a statement that hospital and military chaplains would not be forced to conduct same-sex “marriage” ceremonies as part of their capacity as government employees. “Hospital chaplains will be protected in exactly the same way as any other clergy and could not be forced to conduct marriages of same sex,” Miller added. “They wouldn’t be able to conduct marriages of same-sex couples unless the governing authority of their religious organization of which they are a part had opted in.” David Cameron is pressing forward with the bill despite its lack of success. Opponents have long

Will teachers be fired for not teaching gay ‘marriage’?: UK education minister won’t rule it out

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LONDON , 20 November, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian member of parliament is raising the alarm after the U.K.’s minister of education refused to rule out the possibility that teachers might be booted for refusing to promote the homosexual agenda in class if gay ‘marriage’ is legalized. Minister Liz Truss recently responded to a letter from Conservative MP David Burrowes ( Enfield, Southgate ), a practicing Christian who supports traditional marriage . Burrowes had raised concerns about how the government’s plans to legalize gay ‘marriage’ would impact schools. Education Minister Elizabeth Truss wouldn't offer any assurances that teachers wouldn't be fired for not supporting gay 'marriage' “There is a big and serious question that gay marriage will undermine the liberty of conscience,” he  said  on Sunday. Truss, responding on behalf of the government to Burrowes’ concerns, wrote that it was impossible to know how changing the definition of marri

500,000+ signatures opposing gay ‘marriage’ presented to UK prime minister, Home Office

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English: DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 29JAN10 - David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, United Kingdom, speaks during the session 'Rethinking Government Assistance' in the Congress Centre of the Annual Meeting 2010 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) LONDON, June 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  A petition  by the UK’s Coalition for Marriage opposing the government’s proposal to re-write the definition of marriage, which has been signed by well over half-a-million petitioners, was delivered in a gift-wrapped box to the Home Office and to Downing Street this week. The petition, one of the largest in the history of Parliament, was presented by recently married couple Rhys and Esther Curnow, both 23. The couple were joined by Conservative Party MPs Fiona Bruce and David Burrowes , Labour MP Jim Dobbin , and campaigners from the Coalition for Marriage, Colin Hart and Dr. Sharon James. Dr Sharon James, a spo