Ruth Kelly, a known religious homophobe, was specifically given the role of Equality minister, when it was obvious to all that she was wholly unsuited for such a task. That was all the signal the "faith" communities needed to ramp up their "objections" and ensure a gutting of the legislation in the Lords. If the Commons had held the line they wouldn't have dared.
i don't expect anything from right wing scum like the tories or NuLab. I'll keep my expectations on hold for whenever a progressive liberal left govt arrives. keep to the Fen Causeway
so we have the war in the Lords between those two halves of the party where the conservatives can work with the Tories to gut the bill. keep to the Fen Causeway
surely people will see homosexuality as a natural response to an overcrowded planet soon.
turing is rolling in his grave... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
and now this? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
you'd think the Reformation had never happened... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
It is the Lords who keep challenging it with amendments like this. Ad astra per aspera
ignorant me thunk the lords part of gvt. dubbleduh. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~