by John | Mar 16, 2012 | Overseas commentary
As the author GK Chesterton observed, if you leave a thing to itself, you are leaving it to wild and violent changes. In America this week, David Cameron will see a Republican Party expending a great deal of time and energy deciding how, precisely, it will lose the...
by John | Mar 9, 2012 | Overseas commentary
There is no suggestion that same-sex marriages should be obligatory within churches I don’t know if I am in the majority of heterosexuals in this, but here goes: when I contemplate the idea of one man having sex with another, I feel a certain unease. On the...
by John | Mar 9, 2012 | Overseas commentary
When David Cameron told his party conference in October that he supported gay marriage because he was a Conservative, he may not have fully anticipated the range and force of the opposition that he would elicit. He knows now. Despite a torrent of criticism from...
by John | Mar 9, 2012 | Overseas commentary
Last month’s news that the majority of births to American women under 30 now occur outside of marriage will likely confirm for social conservatives that marriage itself is becoming a relic, with major consequences for society. It’s one of the main reasons they...
by John | Mar 9, 2012 | Overseas commentary
The former Labour Justice Secretary, Jack Straw has attacked the opposition to marriage equality by the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Mr Straw served as Home, Foreign and Justice Secretary under New Labour. He was Foreign Secretary when civil...
