Churches could face legal strife over gay marriage

Churches that don’t wish to conduct same-sex marriages could face legal problems, a Government Justice Minister has admitted.

Crispin Blunt, who is gay, yesterday told the BBC the Government is “seeking to protect, indeed, proscribe religious organisations from offering gay marriage”.
But he continued: “That may be problematic legally, but the proposal the Government are putting forward is that marriage should be equal in the eyes of the state whether it’s between a same-sex couple or whether it’s between a man and a woman.” ...