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To see real persecution look at gay rights battle
• A RECENT article might suggest that all Islington clergy are prepared to stand behind an Islington Council employee who has refused to register gay and lesbian civil partnerships (Clergy backs registrar over gay weddings, January 18).
This is far from the truth.
As the minister of Unity Church, Islington’s Unitarian congregation, I fully support the right of same-sex couples to legal recognition for their partnerships. I strongly oppose the actions of council employee Lillian Ladele, who is now taking Islington Council to an employment tribunal on the grounds that homosexual partnerships conflict with her Christian religious beliefs. > more |
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