Single Sex Marriage Analysis

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Ukip says ‘no’ to single-sex marriages - At least for now

Nigel Farage, leader of Ukip, refuses to support single-sex marriage as long as the United Kingdom is part of the European Union. Ukip is short for the UK Independence Party. This political party is a right wing party with a libertarian angle and a little social conservatism. They are a member of the ‘Europe of Freedom and Democracy’ group. This group wants to get out of the European Union. They believe that democracy, freedom and co-operation cannot be reached as long as they are under the authority of the European Union. In short the ‘Europe of Freedom and Democracy’ group is a mixture of parties that support freedom and democracy and are against the formation of a centralised European Union state. These parties reject the bureaucratisation of Europe and the creation of a European superstate.
However, Farage’s refusal to give a clear answer when he is asked wether he is against or in favour of single-sex marriage, does also have a lot to do with the fact that he fears that saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ will lose him some of his party support. Recently, there have been some divisions within the party, some of Farage’s colleagues have even left. One of them is Mike Nattrass. He claims that he has left because Ukip has become the ‘Nigel Farage show’. According to Nattrass, the party that claims to be democratic is all but that. Ukip is in the hand of one person: Nigel Farage, he is the leader and decides everything that happens. This can hardly be regarded as democratic. Mike Nattrass has formed his own political party, namely An Independence Party. An Indepence Party can be regarded as the left-minded variant of Ukip. They, as Ukip, want to get out of the European Union, but, in a ...

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...rriage at the courthouse is recognised by the state, the ceremony in church is something extra to do, it would have no legal force.
In conclusion, Ukip is not in favour of single-sex marriage, as long as the United Kingdom stays in the European Union. Because, as long as they do, there will always be the threat of someone taking the law to court in Strasbourg, and of the court declaring the ‘quadruple lock’ null and void, and thus, forcing religious groups to conduct single-sex marriages. Once the United Kingdom gets out of the European Union, or there is a seperation between state and church when it comes to the marriage system, then, Farage says, we can talk about single-sex marriage again. Ukip is thus, not against or for the idea of gay weddings, they simply do not think that this is the right time to introduce these changes, for things might still go wrong.

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