Council tells churches they must conduct gay marriages
Churches
Simon Calvert of The Christian Institute said the Council’s letter shows the need for churches to know their legal rights.
He said, “there is no legal reason whatsoever for churches to stop holding marriages in the ways they always have. They are free to do so”.
The Christian Institute has produced a new
free legal guide which gives reassurance that churches are well within their rights to say no to same-sex marriages.
Bureaucrats
“The behaviour of Essex County Council goes to show why churches need to know their legal rights, because bureaucrats who want to push for gay marriage will try and go beyond the law”, warned Mr Calvert.
He added: “We want to be clear that Christians still have the right to express their belief that marriage is between a man and woman. Christians have every reason to be confident and bold in upholding the truth about marriage.”
“This is just the kind of thing we feared would happen,” said Colin Hart, Campaign Director of the Coalition for Marriage, which spearheaded opposition to the introduction of same-sex marriage.
