UK Wedding News
14/05/2013
According to the Daily Mail, they have also threatened to boycott the Coalition's attempts to make it law if they fail to get their way.
As many as 150 MPs are said to approve a call for a national vote on same-sex weddings. This would ensure that the change in legislation would only go ahead with the full support of the public.
Without the support, opponents have said they could destroy the Government's wedding Bill with a number of amendments. This would include allowing churches and registrars to opt out if they have strong religious or principled objections; giving religious schools and teachers the right to refuse to teach the topic, and making sure at least 51% of voters approve the legislation in a national referendum.
Polls have regularly revealed broad public support for same-sex marriages, but rebel MPs say the Tories need to respond to the success in the recent local elections by UKIP, which opposes the issue. However, Whitehall sources say they will not accept the amendments because Culture Secretary Maria Miller – who is pushing the legislation through Parliament – believes it would set a precedent for public servants to opt out of duties they object to.
Ministers are expected to offer a compromise in which registrars with strong objections could take on other duties, unless there is a shortage of people to marry same-sex couples. A deal could also allow teachers to avoid the promotion of gay marriage in classrooms and even let them voice personal objections, but they would still be required to teach children that same-sex marriage was within the law.
The Government is expected to reject the national referendum clause.
David Burrowes, Tory MP for Enfield Southgate, said: "Despite 13 sittings of the Bill committee and a majority of Conservative MPs voting against the Bill, the Government has not amended one word of it.
"It has steamrollered ahead and ignored all opposition on its path."
(JP/CD)
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MPs Call For Referendum On Same-Sex Bill
Tory rebels are said to have demanded a referendum on gay marriage.According to the Daily Mail, they have also threatened to boycott the Coalition's attempts to make it law if they fail to get their way.
As many as 150 MPs are said to approve a call for a national vote on same-sex weddings. This would ensure that the change in legislation would only go ahead with the full support of the public.
Without the support, opponents have said they could destroy the Government's wedding Bill with a number of amendments. This would include allowing churches and registrars to opt out if they have strong religious or principled objections; giving religious schools and teachers the right to refuse to teach the topic, and making sure at least 51% of voters approve the legislation in a national referendum.
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Polls have regularly revealed broad public support for same-sex marriages, but rebel MPs say the Tories need to respond to the success in the recent local elections by UKIP, which opposes the issue. However, Whitehall sources say they will not accept the amendments because Culture Secretary Maria Miller – who is pushing the legislation through Parliament – believes it would set a precedent for public servants to opt out of duties they object to.
Ministers are expected to offer a compromise in which registrars with strong objections could take on other duties, unless there is a shortage of people to marry same-sex couples. A deal could also allow teachers to avoid the promotion of gay marriage in classrooms and even let them voice personal objections, but they would still be required to teach children that same-sex marriage was within the law.
The Government is expected to reject the national referendum clause.
David Burrowes, Tory MP for Enfield Southgate, said: "Despite 13 sittings of the Bill committee and a majority of Conservative MPs voting against the Bill, the Government has not amended one word of it.
"It has steamrollered ahead and ignored all opposition on its path."
(JP/CD)
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