Christians protest
law on gay rights
By AP from
theeagle.com on the Web, January 10, 2007
LONDON -- Christian activists
submitted a petition to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday protesting a gay-rights
law that they contend will force them to promote and condone gay sex.
The activists, who said such laws violate Biblical teaching, held a candlelit
vigil outside Parliament as the House of Lords debated the new law Tuesday
night. The body voted 199-68 against a motion calling for the regulation
to be scrapped.
The section of the Equality Act 2006 banning businesses from discriminating
against gay people in the provision of goods and services took effect in
Northern Ireland on Jan. 1 and is scheduled to be introduced in England, Wales
and Scotland in April.
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