Civil partnership?

Peter Sanlon  |  Features
Date posted:  1 May 2011
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Church leaders could face the prospect of prosecution for refusing to offer civil partnership ceremonies in church.1

A Christian registrar lost her job after refusing to carry out civil partnerships.2 Legal pressure on Christians, who believe marriage is a unique institution only possible between a man and a woman, seems set to increase.

How then should a Christian respond when a friend, family member or work colleague announces — with joy — that they are entering into a same gender civil partnership?

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