Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark met the Home Secretary Theresa May yesterday to talk about the Government’s plans to introduce same-sex marriage.
Mark Greaves, Catholic Herald reported: The archbishop told The Catholic Herald that he wanted to clarify why the Government believed such legislation was needed.
He said he could not see the point of it given that civil partnerships already offer broadly the same legal rights as marriage.
But during their 40-minute meeting, he said, Mrs May seemed unable to answer that question. “I suspect the Government hasn’t really thought out why the definition of marriage should be changed,” he said.
He said that a steering committee of the bishops’ conference was to meet on Wednesday (yesterday) to plan how to campaign against the Government’s plans.