The Coalition for Marriage, the UK's
largest opponent of gay marriage, on Wednesday announced that it will
continue its work despite passage of a marriage bill.
Shortly after clearing the British
parliament, Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal seal of approval to a
bill that will allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in England and
Wales. The law is set to take effect sometime next summer.
(Related : Queen
Elizabeth signs British gay marriage bill.)
“We're obviously disappointed that
the coalition government, supported by Labour, pushed this through
with unseemly haste,” spokeswoman Dr. Sharon James says in a nearly
2 minute video released Wednesday. “The bill has been passed
without a democratic mandate from the people, without proper scrutiny
in the [House of] Commons, and without adequate protections for civil
liberty.”
“The Coalition for Marriage is not
going away. We will protect people who are discriminated against
because of their beliefs about marriage. We will continue to work at
the grassroots level, to push for elected representatives who will
support real marriage. We will inform the public. We will argue our
case. We will present the facts.” (The video is embedded on this
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