Nigel Farage attempts to woo Christian voters by promisg protectn to those who want to object to gay marriage the urse of rryg out their jobs
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MY APPOTMENT PROV WE’RE A DIVERSE PARTY, SAYS UKIP’S GAY PUTY LEAR
The now former UKIP uncillor David Silvter’s suggtn that there was a lk between legislatn on gay marriage and the current floods ed a great al of discsn about relig beliefs polics, as well as spawng the UkipWeather twter handle. 9% of Conservativ disagreed wh the tted statement: “It is a good thg that gay and lbian upl are able to enter to ‘civil partnership’ and have rights siar to married upl. 2% of Conservative supporters agree that gay and lbian upl should be able to marry, pared to 58.
Still, seems UKIP’s opposn to gay marriage chim wh a majory of s supporters and wh many Conservativ. Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailChari reprentg lbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgenr (LGBT) people have cricised UKIP for beg the only one of the seven ma polil parti to not mentn gay people s policians e unr creasg prsure to tackle issu facg the LGBT muny, Ukip’s track rerd has been marred by a strg of embarrassg gaff. Earlier this month, Ukip’s prospective parliamentary ndidate Kendrick 'Dickie' Bird was acced of llg former Liverpool and Chelsea Fernando Torr “a gay boy like the rt”, acrdg to a report by the Oxford party appears to have ma no attempt to mend s image over LGBT rights s manifto.
In parison, the Liberal Democrats dited an entire page to showsg s efforts to support those who intify as LGBT, while the Labour Party has promised to ntue tacklg homophobia at home and ls of a statement than the other parti, the Conservativ mentned LGBT rights s sectn on s Big Society policy, a paragraph on “equal rights”, and remds rears that the Coaln troduced of gay marriage. Ukip has released a mi-manifto for Christians, sayg would extend protectn to those who want to oppose gay marriage bee of their relig document is published on the webs of some ndidat and the electn page of Christian Concern, a group that is agast abortn and same-sex manifto for Christians says Ukip would not seek to reverse gay marriage, even though the party was opposed to beg troduced. However, would offer special protectn to those who wanted to object to gay marriage or exprs other matters of relig nscience the urse of rryg out their says don’t plan to ‘un-marry’ lovg upl.