UK: Bishop's fear for marriage status
Monday, 3 March 2008

Civil partnerships for gay and lesbian couples should not be called marriages, the Bishop of Lichfield has said.

The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill also criticised a "national experiment to downplay marriage", saying the tax system penalises married couples.

He said this had contributed to the increasing number of single parents in the country.
However, he admitted that tax breaks could lead to people marrying for the wrong reasons. the rest