[Wings of Fire]

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Cardinal O'Brien said: "Since all the legal rights of marriage are already available to homosexual couples, it is clear that this proposal is not about rights, but rather is an attempt to redefine marriage for the whole of society at the behest of a small minority of activists.

"Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father."

He added: "Imagine for a moment that the government had decided to legalise slavery but assured us that 'no one will be forced to keep a slave'.


"Would such worthless assurances calm our fury? Would they justify dismantling a fundamental human right?"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17249099

Gay marriage, ladies and gentlemen. It's like being allowed to keep slaves.