Irish Wedding News
02/10/2012
The Green Party and Sinn Féin motioned for all couples, straight or gay, to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.
The DUP opposed this tabling a petition of concern to ensuring it would need a cross-community majority to succeed.
45 assembly members voted to back the move, including three unionists - UUP MLAs Michael Copeland, Danny Kinahan and Basil McCrea.
Green Party MLA Steven Agnew said he was disappointed and told the BBC: "There are many who argued, both before and during the debate, that the 'vast majority of people in Northern Ireland' are against marriage equality; however, today's debate puts an end to that argument.
"Close to 50% of elected members of the assembly publicly declared their support for same-sex marriage by voting in favour of this motion today."
The Presbyterian Church strongly opposed the motion.
A letter published prior to the discussion said it was "not merely an issue of conscience for Christian people and churches, but a very significant one for the whole of society".
Gay marriage would "effectively demolish generations and centuries of societal norms established on Judaeo-Christian values”, according to the letter.
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Gay Marriage Denied In Northern Ireland
A call to allow homosexual couples the right to marry has been rejected in Stormont.The Green Party and Sinn Féin motioned for all couples, straight or gay, to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.
The DUP opposed this tabling a petition of concern to ensuring it would need a cross-community majority to succeed.
45 assembly members voted to back the move, including three unionists - UUP MLAs Michael Copeland, Danny Kinahan and Basil McCrea.
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Green Party MLA Steven Agnew said he was disappointed and told the BBC: "There are many who argued, both before and during the debate, that the 'vast majority of people in Northern Ireland' are against marriage equality; however, today's debate puts an end to that argument.
"Close to 50% of elected members of the assembly publicly declared their support for same-sex marriage by voting in favour of this motion today."
The Presbyterian Church strongly opposed the motion.
A letter published prior to the discussion said it was "not merely an issue of conscience for Christian people and churches, but a very significant one for the whole of society".
Gay marriage would "effectively demolish generations and centuries of societal norms established on Judaeo-Christian values”, according to the letter.
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