Archbishop of York, John Sentamu is now claiming that [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/church-approval-needed-for-gay-marriage-says-archbishop-of-york-7561456.htmlParliament would require permission from the Church of England[/url to legalise gay marriages.

Has he no concept at all of how the legislature works in this country?

Would require?

I quote from the article...

"The Archbishop of York has warned the Government it [size=200may[/size need approval from the Church of England’s legislative body if it decides to bring in gay marriages.

He also backs it up by saying "They have got a problem because the definition of marriage is in the 1662 Prayer Book and Article 30 of the Church of England, which are both Acts of Parliament.."

So what he's saying is that the government would need to CONSULT, not gain permission.

But as we have found out with the Government, they can consult and blindly ignore.

In either case, he's [size=200WRONG[/size an act of parliament can be brought onto the books that nullifies any previous act, there is absolutely no requirement to involve the General Synod or any other bunch of batsh[ii[/it, raving loonies

Loving the maturity, Rock God.

Good job he's not consulting you, then.

I mean, your views are no more or less valid than his, surely.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

It's not about whose view is more valid, it's about how the legislative process works. That does not include having to ask the church for permission to introduce new legislation. New laws are enacted all the time that change or repeal all or part of a previous law. Why should gay marriage be any different?

I'm not the loon insisting I should be consulted, the sky-pixie follower is

I think he has every idea. He is trying to put pressure on the Tories. Will they really wish for legal wrangling or to overturn such venerable legislation, which goes to the very heart of the country's unwritten constitution? This issue has the potential to create great protest.

I attended a house party with our local MP a few days ago. I was surprised that one of the questions posed to him concerned "gay marriage" and the level of ill-feeling it was causing to a few people.

I hope it does cause great protest.

Its about time the homophobic in our society stepped out into the open and declared their beliefs.