David Cameron’s party might ‘consider’ gay marriage
A protest by quality campaigners outside Tory election headquarters over the weekend prompted Conservative MP George Osborne to declare his party is not ruling out gay marriage. The shadow chancellor met up with a group of gay rights leaders and afterwards said the Tories now have “real policies” in place for the purpose of equality in society. This did little to please gay rights prominent campaigner Peter Tatchell, who rather saw this as a lack of commitment and thought the statement to “consider” the case was in actuality “meaningless”.
Gay couples made some progress in the way of being recognised through the Civil Partnerships Act in 2004, but while this allowed them a number of similar legal treatment as married couples, they are still not referred to as “married” as such.
Tory MP Chris Grayling, shadow home secretary, caused a stir last week after declaring owners of bed and breakfast places should be allowed to refuse service to gay couples. It wasn’t too cautious a remark from a man whose party is hoping to get a record climb back into Parliament seats to get a majority on its own in the May 6 election, and the Conservatives are now having to delve in the issue of gay marriage. This after David Cameron himself promised the party would stay clear of more “divisive” policies that are thought to have marked the Thatcher cabinets in the 80’s.
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