Gay MP: Same-Sex Marriage Plans 'Pure Polics'
Contents:
- TRAILBLAZG GAY LABOUR MP BEN BRADSHAW STEPPG DOWN AFTER 25 YEARS: ‘THE TIME FEELS RIGHT’
- C OF E MT WELE GAY PEOPLE OR FACE QUTNS PARLIAMENT, SAYS MP
- WHO IS THE HBAND OF BEN WHISHAW? WHOM HE MARRIED TO? IS HE GAY?
- BEN BRADSHAW, GAY LABOUR MP, CRICIS GAY MARRIAGE PLANS AS 'PURE POLICS'
- JT WELBY’S GAY MARRIAGE TROUBL ULD BE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
TRAILBLAZG GAY LABOUR MP BEN BRADSHAW STEPPG DOWN AFTER 25 YEARS: ‘THE TIME FEELS RIGHT’
Labour’s Ben Bradshaw says church is ‘actively pursug a mpaign of discrimatn’ agast lbian and gay people * ben bradshaw gay *
Bradshaw, the gay floppy-haired MP for Exeter, has reprented the southwt England cy for the past 25 years. Gay Labour MP felt like ‘luckit person alive’ to reprent Exeter. Proudly open throughout his first electn 1997, Ben Bradshaw beme only the send out gay man Bra to be elected an MP on the first try.
This was ntrast to his fellow LGBT+ lawmakers at the time, such as Chris Smh, who me out after beg elected, makg history as the first gay male MP.
C OF E MT WELE GAY PEOPLE OR FACE QUTNS PARLIAMENT, SAYS MP
Ben Whishaw hband Mark Bradshaw, is an Atralian poser bt known for his TV and Film posns. Ben Whishaw appears to be gay and not bisexual. * ben bradshaw gay *
The Church of England mt move swiftly to wele lbian and gay people and embrace same-sex marriage or face mountg qutns parliament about s role as the tablished church of the untry, a senr MP has church was “actively pursug a mpaign of discrimatn” agast lbian and gay people that was patible wh s role as a church for England, said Ben Bradshaw, the Labour MP for Exeter and a former secretary of state for culture, media and was prompted to speak out after the C of E barred the late archbishop Dmond Tutu’s dghter, an ordaed Anglin prit, om officiatg at her godfather’s funeral last month bee she is a same-sex Tutu van Furth was forced to hold the funeral service a marquee next to St Michael and All Angels church Wentnor, Shropshire. But celty like that is practised on lbian and gay people the church all the time, every day – people you never hear about the headl, people whose liv are stroyed – and n’t go on, ” said C of E “enjoys extraordary and unique privileg s role the natn’s life”, he said, cg the 26 seats the Hoe of Lords rerved for Anglin bishops. It’s creasgly obv that the C of E is not there for lbian and gay people.
And not only that, but is actively homophobic, cel, hurtful and stutnally hostile.
WHO IS THE HBAND OF BEN WHISHAW? WHOM HE MARRIED TO? IS HE GAY?
Ben Whishaw appears to be gay and not bisexual. A gay Labour MP has fend cricisg the ernment's drive to troduce same-sex marriage as "pure polics" Bradshaw, a former Labour culture secretary and one of the most high profile gay men parliament, said there was no need to change the law on marriage bee civil partnerships were enough. This isn’t a prry for the gay muny, which already won equal rights [wh civil partnerships].
BEN BRADSHAW, GAY LABOUR MP, CRICIS GAY MARRIAGE PLANS AS 'PURE POLICS'
S., where the gay lobby has banged on about marriage. "His ments have ed ntroversy among supporters of gay marriage, who would have expected Bradshaw to support the aln on the Exeter MP sce 1997, Bradsahw is himself a civil partnership and was one of the first openly gay men to be elected to the Cameron and Nick Clegg's proposals to allow gay upl to marry have had the strong backg of Labour lear Ed Miliband. Followg some cricism directed at him on Twter, Bradshaw said for gay marriage to be a “prry” need to be better than or different om civil partnerships, argug the current proposals were ltle more than semantics.
"Some of the most persuasive arguments favour of gay marriage have been ma by the antis. "But the antis have somethg mon wh some of the supporters of gay marriage that they are both over claimg for the change. "Bradshaw said he regnised that some gay people who were relig wanted the word "marriage" as was important to their fah that their relatnships been accepted by their Church.
JT WELBY’S GAY MARRIAGE TROUBL ULD BE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
"They won’t force fah groups to acceptg or nductg gay marriag jt as the Civil Partnerships legislatn didn’t force them to acceptg or nductg civil partnerships. ""The fact that teenagers are still driven to suici by homophobic bullyg is a prry. Hate crime, homophobia the workplace, agast elrly lbians and gays, sport, are prri, " he said.
The spread of LGBT human rights to most of the rt of the world where people are still persecuted or worse jt for beg gay is fely a prry. He add: "Changg the words civil partnership to gay marriage when for most people they’re terchangeable anyway – is not my prry. "RelatedBen Bradshawgay-marriage- newslabour partyGay MarriageBefore You GoYou May Like.