Many homosexual people did not want marriage to be redefined and were “happy to respect” the Biblical belief that marriage is the unique union of one man and one woman, says homosexual art critic, Brian Sewell.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Sewell says that the change had been demanded by a “noisy nucleus” within the homosexual minority, and criticised Prime Minister, David Cameron, for failing to consult a “quieter voice” on the issue before pushing the legislation through.
"Content"
“Most of us are content with what we now have within the law, and are happy to respect the deeply held belief of sincere, thoughtful and informed Christians for whom marriage is the one sacrament in which we cannot share,” he writes.
“But every minority has within it, a core of single-issue politicians and protesters who are never satisfied and always ask for more, and homosexuals, both male and female, are no exception. It is this noisy nucleus that demanded gay marriage and, seeing a handful of votes in it, David Cameron announced his support.”
The article continues: “In Britain, we still have an essentially Christian society.
“Most of us [homosexual individuals] are content with what we now have within the law, and are happy to respect the deeply held belief of sincere, thoughtful and informed Christians for whom marriage is the one sacrament in which we cannot share.”
“Disastrous”
Homosexual columnist, Andrew Pierce, has also written on the issue in the Daily Mail, describing same-sex ‘marriage’ as a “disastrous miscalculation”.
“Heterosexual, married politicians like David Cameron saw a cynical opportunity to burnish their touchy-feely, liberal credentials by pushing for gay marriage,” he says.
“In doing so, they not only offended millions of people by arrogantly redefining the meaning of the relationship between a man and a woman that has been the bedrock of society for thousands of years.
“They also placed the Church in an invidious position by suggesting it had a moral duty to perform gay marriage ceremonies when vast numbers of clergy and ordinary church-goers are opposed to them.”
Mr Pierce also says he did not believe that the Church of England should be forced to conduct same-sex ‘weddings’ and to disregard the Biblical understanding of marriage as between one man and one woman.
"Huge divisions"
“Privately, Mr Cameron has admitted to his closest advisers that he regrets the huge divisions the policy has opened up in the Party.
“But publicly he refuses to back down. In a powerfully worded article in the latest issue of Attitude, the glossy gay magazine, he could not be more enthusiastic about the change to the law.
“Instead, behind the scenes, they are trying to pressure a reluctant Church of England into lifting its ban on performing religious same-sex marriages.
“All of this, of course, raises the fundamental question of whether the state should be forcing the Church into changing its age-old definition of marriage — enshrined in the Bible — as the union between a man and a woman.
“As a libertarian, I do not think so…..”
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