Equality Minister in UK Could Scrap Amendment to Allow Gay Weddings in Churches
The Equality Minister will decide with Cabinet colleagues whether to allow the controversial amendment to her flagship anti-discrimination bill to stand when it reaches the Commons next week.
If the move to allow civil partnerships to take place on religious premises becomes law, having been agreed to by peers, it will raise "a number of problems" for faith groups, priests, registrars and civil marriages for men and women. A Whitehall source said: "It hasn’t been decided yet - it's possible that the Government will try to remove the amendment in the Commons."
However, with the general election just weeks away, ministers fear that the entire Equality Bill could fall if peers and MPs argue over the contentious clause.
