‘Redefining marriage in NI will hit people who back traditional marriage’

Workers who support traditional marriage face being sacked, demoted or having their wages cut if Northern Ireland introduces same-sex marriage.

It fell to our Campaign Director Colin Hart to make this clear ahead of Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson speaking at a pro-redefinition event yesterday in Belfast.

Mr Hart explained that Coalition for Marriage and its 40,000 members in Northern Ireland do not believe that same-sex marriage would be a positive step.

“Rewriting the current law dilutes our understanding of marriage and opens the door to future redefinitions.

“Those arguing for introducing gay marriage must also address the way a small minority of people exploit this debate to attack those with traditional views.

“Earlier this year in Northern Ireland we saw the terrible situation where a baker and his family were dragged through the courts by a taxpayer-funded quango for declining to decorate a cake carrying a slogan advocating a change in the law.

“In England we have seen other cases where those who back traditional marriage have faced being sacked, demoted or having their wages cut.

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“Changing the law in Northern Ireland will lead to many more similar cases.”

Davidson spoke at Belfast Pride yesterday evening. Ahead of the event, she said: “Scotland is a better place today because of equal marriage and I want to take that positive message from our experiences here to Belfast and beyond.”