WILL CAMERON BACK DOWN ON GAY MARRIAGE
The British media has reported that Prime Minister David Cameron is prepared to suspend his plans to legalise same-sex marriage in the UK following local election losses.
Both the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail have claimed that as a result of a public and political backlash from his own Conservative Party he is considering putting marriage equality legislation on the backburner.
Cameron is said to be aware that his plans cannot move forward without support from his party which is now extremely fearful of alienating the public.
George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said in an interview on BBC that while he was in support of same-sex marriage, the elections had shown that the public’s priorities were elsewhere.
“I think what people are saying is focus on the things that really matter, focus on the economy and on education and welfare. Focus on those things, don’t get distracted by too many other issues,” he said.
In March, Britain’s Home Office launched a consultation process on how to give gay couples the right to civil marriage.
It said at the time that it intended to make the right to marry in civil premises, like a register office or hotel, available to gay and lesbian couples.
Under current law, same-sex couples in the UK can have a civil partnership but not a civil marriage.
You couldn’t expect anything less from the Conservative Party. Does he think we’re stupid or what? Of course we get what ur trying to do. He knew full wel his party wasn’t going to support this and he hoped the public wouldn’t. Now he has ther perfect excuse to put this on ice and still look like he did his best thus keep the some of liberal support they gained from the Gordon Brown fiasco. ‘not now’ more like not ever if he truely has his way
Dunno R, I think he’s been sincere about this. But the most important quality any politician needs is the skill of survival – and that will trump all convictions and good intentions…