In Brazil, the unthinkable has come to pass. Why not?
Topic: same-sex marriage
They sneered at Bishop Gilbert’s suggestion that gay marriage would lead to unions between one man and two women. Well, now it’s happened
Religious leaders must join forces to defend marriage
Cardinal O’Brien has set up a commission to support marriage; the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, meanwhile, says it lifts humanity ‘from biology to poetry’
Free speech is only permitted if you agree with the core dogma
From climate change to same-sex marriage, fall out with the new moral guardians at your peril
In the US, one chicken dish now symbolises either traditional families or rank homophobia: on the left, there’s an Orwellian campaign against marriage
In an American election year issues become fascinatingly over-the-top
No one wants to talk about the morality of IVF
We, too, are complicit in this silence when the question comes up with friends and we say nothing
It isn’t just that Cameron is wrong when he claims we won’t be forced to conduct ‘gay marriages’ in church: that’s just what he’s telling his constituents
The ECHR has made the law quite clear: unless we repudiate the court, that’s what will happen
Unlike the Government’s proposals, the Church of England’s document on marriage is thought through
The Coalition seems to have no understanding of what marriage actually is
The marriage debate has made for some unlikely bedfellows
It is not just ‘bible-thumping Christians’ who oppose the change







We now know that Nick Clegg thinks (whatever he publicly says) that those opposed to ‘gay marriage’ are bigots. That’s why their rights will be removed
The new law will have far-reaching consequences for schools, hospitals, foster carers and public buildings – and that’s just the start