Canon Jeremy Pemberton is claiming the Church was wrong to strip him of his licence to officiate in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham after he ‘married’ Lawrence Cunnington in a civil ceremony last year.
Belfast City councillors have voted in favour of redefining marriage, after Alliance Party Councillor Emmet McDonough-Brown brought forward a motion calling for the law to change to allow same-sex couples to marry “in Belfast and across Northern Ireland”.
The owners of Ashers Baking Co, who were told by a judge last week that they had ‘discriminated’ against a customer for refusing to bake a cake promoting same-sex ‘marriage’, have announced their decision to appeal the ruling.
