Today is one of those days in parliament when you feel something momentous is being decided, just like the debate on tuition fees and the Iraq war vote. The issue is today is can same sex couples be married.
I can see both sides of the argument, but I want to explain my point of view. I have spent months thinking about it. I am a practising christian although I don't go to church that often I have found my faith is getting stronger as I continue to fight to find a job it is a comfort to me.
I am in favour of same sex marriage and i will admit it i struggled with it because many Christians who i respect said in the press it was wrong. I came to my decision on Christmas eve during the midnight service. the minister said we have to "put the Christmas story into our lives today into our schools and our work places" the minister who said that is my father.
In my view the Christmas story is about love, The Christmas story says that God gave Jesus to the world because he loved it. A wedding is the opportunity for two people to say to each other in public that they love each other and want to commit to each other in front of their friends.
The second way my faith has helped me to make this decision is that the new testament talks about equality how God loves everybody regardless of who they are. this commitment to equality is similar to my own as I really believe that people who would like to commit themselves to each other regardless of their sexuality should be able to do so.
Britain is an un equal society with rich, and poor but by passing the Marriage (same sex couples) bill Parliament can take a step towards making Britain the equal society we all want it to be.
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