British Prime Minister David Cameron
reaffirmed his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, a day before he
was scheduled to meet with Mitt Romney, a strong opponent of such
unions.
“I think marriage is a great
institution – I think it helps people to commit, it helps people to
say that they're going to care and love for another person,”
Cameron said during a 10 Downing Street reception. “It helps
people to put aside their selfish interests and think of the union
that they're forming. It's something I feel passionately about and I
think if it's good enough for straight people like me, it's good
enough for everybody and that's why we should have gay marriage and
we will legislate for it.”
Religious leaders have criticized the
government's plan to legalize marriage equality by 2015.
“I run an institution – the
Conservative Party – which for many, many years got itself on the
wrong side of this argument, it locked people out who were naturally
Conservative from supporting it and so I think I can make that point
to the Church, gently,” Cameron added.