Updated Monday morning
The updated list of new clauses and amendments to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, arranged in the order in which they will be considered next week, is available here as a PDF file.
Towards the end of the file there is an amended programme motion, showing the proposed timetable for Consideration and Third Reading.
If you are confused by this long list of suggested changes, there is some help at hand.
David Pocklington has written Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: the story continues which contains several very useful links to earlier material.
And last Thursday, the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Sir Tony Baldry, responded to some Questions in the House of Commons on this bill, which you can read here.
Update
This page contains information about the detailed timetable, and provides links for video coverage of the debates, etc.
Tony Baldry responds to a question by Anne McIntosh, saying: “I think it is important to remember that in Scotland, where [celebrant-based weddings] happen[s], pagan weddings and weddings in other formats are now taking place, which I am not sure we would necessarily want to see in England.” Is he seriously proposing that the Church of England would like to prohibit people from being married according to their religious beliefs if the CofE does not approve of those beliefs? Are there still representatives of the Church of England who would ban faiths and ceremonies of which they don’t approve? I… Read more »
I am delighted to see that when the C of E authorities decide to opt in to marriage equality, it will be able to be fast tracked !
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/church-of-england-given-fasttrack-option-for-samesex-marriage-8466577.html
Not at all bad, Maria Miller !
Dennis, it sounds a bit like Lord Hardwicke redivivus…
Dennis, you’re right. It shows a deep, reflexive intolerance of anything that seems a little bit different.
One can guess that this is the real reason for his views on same-sex marriage as well.
I am sorry to see that Maria Miller is now saying, that the Marraige Equality Bill is in doubt; and may faiul due to the Tm Lawton (?) amendment allowing straights to enter CPs.
(Cf Pink News & Facebook)
It sounds good in theory but is meant as a wrecking amendment. So without sincerity.
It is up to Labour to prevent the loss of the Bill.
But is this a Tory tactic ? A MM bluff to ward him and David Burrowes off ?
Dear Laurence, The _Independent_ article that you cite says ‘Once canon law was changed, all that would be required [for the CofE to opt in to same sex marriage] would be a vote in the Commons and Lords’ which I presume means that, once General Synod or some other competent institution had passed an amending canon to allow same-sex CofE marriages, the Henry VIII clause in section 15(2) of the bill would be used to do the necessary tidying up of primary legislation. I personally rather like that idea, but I suspect that almost no-one else on this forum, and… Read more »