I find Cameron's support for gay marriage very confusing. On the one hand, its not a typical Tory Party policy, and its angered and even offended a lot of Tory supporters. There hasn't been a huge campaign for it from the LGBT community, not at this precise moment, not as far as I'm aware, anyway. And given all the upheaval thats just underneath the surface in the Church of England still, about celibacy for gay Church members, there's a lot more trouble waiting in the wings.
On the other hand, its a policy I support; I have two sets of gay-couple friends, one of whom has adopted three children, and wants to marry; and in any case, I believe its right, that anyone who wants to marry should be able to marry. To me, its immaterial if its opposite sex or same sex.
Cameron can sort of have his cake and eat it with this campaign - he can portray himself as socially liberal and socially conservative at the same time - he's extending the right to marry to the gay community, but he's also extending **marriage**, so he can spin this campaign in several directions at once.
It just makes me think he's distracting people from the big economic situation, quite frankly, by pushing so quickly and so hard.
What do others think? Am I missing something here?
On the other hand, its a policy I support; I have two sets of gay-couple friends, one of whom has adopted three children, and wants to marry; and in any case, I believe its right, that anyone who wants to marry should be able to marry. To me, its immaterial if its opposite sex or same sex.
Cameron can sort of have his cake and eat it with this campaign - he can portray himself as socially liberal and socially conservative at the same time - he's extending the right to marry to the gay community, but he's also extending **marriage**, so he can spin this campaign in several directions at once.
It just makes me think he's distracting people from the big economic situation, quite frankly, by pushing so quickly and so hard.
What do others think? Am I missing something here?
