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The most sensible thing to do with the situation is the blanket pardon, but I can't see it happening. I think they've made blanket apologies before (slavery spr
by nicholassmith 14y ago
The most sensible thing to do with the situation is the blanket pardon, but I can't see it happening. I think they've made blanket apologies before (slavery springs to mind), but never a blanket pardon.
- Nursie 14y agoI can't see that happening right now. The PM has announced that Gay Marriage is going to become a thing here imminently. It's a weird bill because it actually forbids the state church from performing homosexual marriages, not even leaving it open for the church itself to decide, but it does allow other churches to make their own decisions and civil ceremonies to take place. This is a major step (IMHO) but it has had the usual backlash of small minded folks spouting on about family values and how their rights are being eroded (?!) so politically a blanket, retroactive pardon seems very unlikely. Baby steps...
- stan_rogers 14y agoThe Church of England is in a bit of a weird position here. It's not so much that Parliament has unilaterally decided that the C of E shall not perform same-sex marriages, but that, as the established Church with the monarch at its legal head, it is as much a creature of advised royal decree and legislation as it is of the 39 Articles or the General Synod (represented by Canterbury). That results in areas of church law originating outside of Parliament winding up in legislation.
- justincormack 14y agoAnd the C of E did not ask to be treated differently from other churches. Bizarre Tory oddness as always.