Argument for gay marriage would also legalise ct and polygamy, claim bishops and MPs | Equal marriage | The Guardian

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• ARGUMENT FOR GAY MARRIAGE WOULD ALSO LEGALISE CT AND POLYGAMY, CLAIM BISHOPS AND MPS
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

ARGUMENT FOR GAY MARRIAGE WOULD ALSO LEGALISE CT AND POLYGAMY, CLAIM BISHOPS AND MPS

And prejudice-simply thkg somethg is "icky"-don't unt as a arguments supporters of same-sex marriage have ma urt do not sufficiently distguish marriage for lbians and gay men om other possible claimants to the marriage right. Argument go somethg like this: "Well, gay marriage is one thg. So to make this argument, we'd have to say that gay-rights groups are ls fluential mastream polics than those who advote for polyamory and nsensual ct.

A lobby group agast gay marriage, formed by MPs and bishops, is embroiled a row after one of s leaflets claimed that the logil argument for reformg the law would be equally applible to the legalisatn of ct and eight-page document, produced by the Keep Marriage Special mpaign, whose supporters clu the former bishop of Rochter, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir Ali, warns of the "nsequential impact" of the glossy leaflet, which has a picture of a mixed-race uple an embrace on the ver, claims: "If the only basis for marriage is the sire of the parti to get married then there is, acrdg to the logic of this proposal, no reason not to open up marriage to more than jt same-sex upl. "It adds: "There is nothg homophobic about statg the biblil posn that all sexual activy outsi marriage is wrong. They clu the fence secretary, Philip Hammond, who has said that gay marriage is "not a prry", and the Northern Ireland secretary, Owen Paterson, who has said he will not vote for .

However, Clegg issued a stark warng last week to Conservative MPs and church lears who oppose gay marriage.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

The puty prime mister, who last week beme the most senr polician to rerd a vio msage for the Out4Marriage group, said: "I've always been very clear on this: love is the same, straight or gay, so the civil stutn should be the same too. "A nng survey of MPs' stated views by the Coaln for Equal Marriage suggts 245 MPs are likely to support legalisg gay marriage, wh 62 agast and 16 ntral. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. ”In July 2019, two gay men om St.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down. ”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. It is hard for me as a gay this untry. ”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St.