The Catholic Church is on a collision course with David Cameron as one of its most senior figures issues an outspoken attack on the Government over its plans to legalise gay marriage.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, says
the proposals to allow same-sex unions are “madness” and a “grotesque
subversion of a universally accepted human right”.
The cardinal’s intervention, in an
article for The Sunday Telegraph, is the strongest criticism yet from
any church figure of the plans, which are due to be unveiled this month by
Lynne Featherstone, the equalities minister.
He accuses ministers of trying to “redefine reality” and change long-standing
laws and traditions “at the behest of a small minority of activists”.
The cardinal has added his voice to those of leading figures in the Coalition
for Marriage, a group of bishops, politicians and lawyers opposed to the
changes. The group’s supporters include Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of
Canterbury.
The group is in outright opposition to Mr Cameron, who hopes to make
legislation changing the legal definition of marriage to include same-sex
couples, expected by 2015, one of the central achievements of his time in
office.
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