Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Perverse consequences will follow Civil Partnerships being forced on churches

Perverse consequences will follow Civil Partnerships being forced on churches
Rev Rod Thomas of REFORM challenges Rev Colin Coward of Changing Attitude on the Today Programme

www.anglican-mainstream.net
February 14th, 2011

In a debate on the Today Programme on Monday February 14, Rev Rod Thomas, chair of Reform, challenged Rev Colin Coward on the perverse consequences if legislation were passed to compel all church buildings to be available for civil partnerships to be formed.

The following is not a verbatim record which should be checked with BBC Listen Again for the Today Programme

Rod Thomas: This is moving towards changing the understanding of what marriage is all about. They want Civil Partnerships to be seen as marriage. The Bible teaches us that marriage is a union between a man and a woman and from that union come children. That cannot happen in a same-sex relationship.

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