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Judge criticises British PM on gay marriage
Thursday December 27, 2012 09:29:44 PM,
IANS
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London: A London high
court judge has criticised a plan of British Prime Minister David
Cameron to legalise gay marriages, saying ministers were wasting
time on a "minority" issue that affects "0.1 percent of the
population".
Paul Coleridge, who sits in the family division of the high court,
said the government should focus on tackling the "crisis of family
breakdown", the Daily Express reported.
He said letting gay couples wed in some churches and other places
of worship was the "wrong policy".
Coleridge, 63, has launched an independent charity Marriage
Foundation to support married couples but said the charity did not
take a stance on gay marriage.
"So much energy and time has been put into this debate for 0.1
percent of the population, when we have a crisis of family
breakdown," Coleridge was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.
"It's gratifying that marriage in any context is centre stage...
but it (gay marriage) is a minority issue. We need a much more
focused position by the government on the importance of marriage."
The judge continued: "The breakdown of marriage and its impact on
society affects 99.9 percent of the population. That is where the
investment of time and money should be, where we really do need
resources."
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