Redefining marriage threatens social advances of women, rights of children: UK law professor
LONDON , November 7, 2012 – The debate about same-sex “marriage” in the UK is not, as the government and other supporters would have it, about “equality,” “rights” or “fairness,” but about “using law to change the meaning of the social institution of marriage.” So says Julian Rivers, a Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Bristol Law School. Any new definition of marriage that would include partnerships not based on a single man and a single woman for the procreation and protection of children, would “unavoidably call into question its exclusivity, its permanence and even its sexual nature,” said Rivers in a report issued by the Jubilee Centre , “a Christian social reform organisation that offers a biblical perspective on issues and trends of relevance to the general public”. Titled “ Redefining Marriage: a case for caution ,” it is being submitted to the government as part of the ongoing consultation on “gay marriage.” Professor Julian Rivers “Changing the