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
Contents:
- MY APPOTMENT PROV WE’RE A DIVERSE PARTY, SAYS UKIP’S GAY PUTY LEAR
- UKIP BANNED OM GAY PRI MARCH AFTER PARTY'S CLN STOK ANGER
MY APPOTMENT PROV WE’RE A DIVERSE PARTY, SAYS UKIP’S GAY PUTY LEAR
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.
Photograph: AlamyThis uld clu the Christian owners of a bakery who did not want to bake a Bert and Ernie gay marriage celebratn ke or Christian relatnship unsellor who wanted to unsel only heterosexual manifto says: “We will not repeal the legislatn, as would be grossly unfair and uhil to ‘un-marry’ lovg upl or rtrict further marriag, but we will not require church to marry same-sex upl. UKIP’s first gay puty lear today urged LGBT Londoners to jo the party, spe qutns over the views held by new lear Pl Nuttall on same-sex Assembly member Peter Whtle, who was appoted puty by Mr Nuttall yterday, said his own promotn to Ukip’s top ranks proved the party was diverse and that allegatns of homophobia were “ridiculo” the former mayoral ndidate admted he did not know where outspoken Right-wger Mr Nuttall currently stood on equal marriage or sex said: “I am a social liberal. People say the thgs about but we have two people on the London Assembly, myself and David Kurten, I’m a gay guy, David’s a black guy.
[My appotment] mak me the most senr gay polician terms of lears. ” Mr Nuttall, who was elected to succeed Nigel Farage wh 62 per cent of the vote, is a 39-year-old Catholic who last year backed the church’s opposn to same-sex once scribed a urt se brought by two gay men who were nied a bed a guthoe as “a plete joke” Whtle said: “There’s been a broad spe of views on gay marriage, I don’t know que what Pl’s attu is to , he said que some time ago, I don’t know whether ’s changed or whatever but for what ’s worth I am perfectly pro gay marriage.
UKIP BANNED OM GAY PRI MARCH AFTER PARTY'S CLN STOK ANGER
“When to gay marriage I thk the party totally accepts that, ’s not even an issue for any more.
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 been banned om one of Bra’s biggt gay pri paras an apparent U-turn by anisers who say they are worried about the safety of cln of Ukip the origal lp of the Pri London march set for 27 June had been the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny spoke out agast the volvement of the party, which has been lked to a strg of allegedly homophobic ntroversi. But the party has not been able to shake off allegatns of homophobia.