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‘Bigots’ comment for ‘gay marriage’ opponents may cost Deputy PM

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English: United Kingdom's Deputy Prime Minster and Lord President of the Council Nick Clegg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is desperately doing damage control after a leaked speech revealed his planned statements calling opponents of “gay marriage” “bigots.” Today he wrote to the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales , assuring them he does not think they are bigots for their stand. Few who have heard the apologies, however, seem willing to believe it was a mistake. The flap started when Clegg’s officials issued a press release on Tuesday which included a speech he was to deliver to homosexualist activists at a party for them given by the government. “Continued trouble in the economy gives the bigots a stick to beat us with, as they demand we ‘postpone’ the equalities agenda in order to deal with ‘the things people really care about’. As if pursuing greater equality and fixing the economy simply cannot happen

British deputy prime minister: Force churches to conduct ‘gay marriages’

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Nick Clegg in Mexico (Photo credit: Cabinet Office ) LONDON , July 6, 2012,  – Some British churchmen have said they believe that, should the government create “gay marriage,” groups will inevitably be forced to participate. Today, Nick Clegg , the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrat party , appeared to confirm these predictions when he said that “at the moment,” it is his opinion that homosexual partners should be allowed to conduct wedding ceremonies in churches. Clegg told the  London Evening Standard  during the global Gay Pride events, “This is a personal view at the moment, but I think that in exactly the same way that we shouldn’t force any church to conduct gay marriage, we shouldn’t stop any church that wants to conduct gay marriage. “I don’t see why two individuals who love each other and want to show commitment to each other should not be able to do so in a way that is socially recognized as being marriage,” he said. John Bingham, the religio