UK’s right-leaning party doubles down on opposition to gay ‘marriage’ after appearing to backtrack
LONDON , March 19, 2014 – The leader of the UK ’s right-leaning party denied making comments attributed to him in an article by a homosexualist news agency in which he allegedly said his party would not campaign to overturn same-sex “marriage” in the general election next year. According to PinkNews , Nigel Farage , head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) , also said his party would remove the legal status of Christian weddings, requiring believers to attend both a religious and civil ceremony. UKIP leader Nigel Farage But in a statement posted to UKIP’s website Wednesday, Farage denies making the remarks. “The statement attributed to me yesterday was not made by me and not approved by me. It was a draft by a staff member that should never have been sent out,” he explained. The remarks attributed to Farage by the PinkNews article had shocked many because UKIP campaigned strongly against same-sex “marriage” and won support on the issue....