Acute observers have noticed that David Cameron is not alone in his obsession with homosexual marriage, with the French National Assembly last week having approved the most important article of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage has already been legalised the Netherlands, by Norway and in Germany, where the constitutional court has recently strengthened the rights of homosexual couples, giving them a same tax benefit as heterosexual married couples. That country, rather like Britain, is currently "mired in an escalating debate on the status of homosexual partnerships".

Given the Europe-wide interest, which also includes Spain, it is not untoward to ask whether there is an EU dimension in all this. The answer is "not directly". There is, however, a very strong "European" dimension and a UK link. But to find it you have to go not to Brussels but to Strasbourg and the Council of Europe (CoE).

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What a surprise...? Not. I have to say my suspicions were aroused but I looked in the wrong place. That the Tories were set to destroy their party over an issue that did not resonate with the country at large always had a smell of Europe about it.

Thanks for this.

People have been saying gay-marriage was an EU initiative for months, but have never come out with any convincing evidence, apart from pointing to developments in other countries. Now it turns out it is from on high and at a European level, but it isn't the EU specifically, which explains a lot.

There's also been talk of it coming from the UN. This seems to have been informed by the idea that several US states are pushing for gay marriage.

It looks as if the UN has two rival statements on gay rights, the pro one pushed by France and Holland and the anti pushed by the Moslem world. There is no resolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...ty_at_the_United_Nations

It looks as if this is a French/Dutch project.

It certainly explains Cameron's action in pushing such an issue despite its unpopularity. The idea that he was doing it on principle was always ridiculous.

Glad to see that you've 'come out' at last, Richard!

Meanwhile I browsed into this earlier.




http://www.telegraph.co....e-Eurosceptic-surge.html




Trollhunting...... tallyho


They must be feeling there is a negative view of them out there .Can't wait for them to pop in and explain where we have got it all wrong.

What these equality fanatics seems to miss is that not all things are created equal and there are plenty of examples of people being treated differently which are accepted without question.

So why shouldn't a marriage remain an institution between a man and a women?

They are rewriting history as we speak, altering and trashing social mores and after 50 years of dumbing down and debasement. With gay abandon, the nation resounds with, Political correctness rules and dogmas: all are now almost fully accepted by the lumpen proletariat. In Western EUrope, progressive desires regression.

"Gay Marriage".

Where ever it came from and my guess is a higher authority than the CoE - they're just the patsies and Dave's is their skivvy. This gay marriage illusion is a precept of the cultural Marxist Frankfurt movement - in that, anything and everything which undermines the foundations and basic teachings of the established Church [or any traditional institution and history itself] is encouraged and enacted to further the cultural Marxism diktat.

The UN [though not exclusively] agenda 21 - is behind the diversity/equality doctrine. I can feel the ghostly hand of Obama's democratic ( ) attack dogs - willing this on, you've got to knock things down before you establish the new order.

Whatever, Cameron, is not doing this to be some sort of champion of gay rights, he was told to. And in his internationalist guise - he scores well with the global cognoscenti and billionaires sitting in NYC/Washington.

Gay marriage, LBTG, diversity, Multiculti, mass immigration, global warming, Bliar and now another champion in Cameron - the only thing that doesn't chime is 'war on terror'.....................oh sorry that should read - "war on the proletariat"... of course - how remiss.

Bugger the lot of 'em I say...

Here he goes again:

The launch of the new 'mission' followed a call from Cameron for businesses and government to work closer together to promote the UK's position as a leading hub for clean tech innovation and investment.

"Already today Britain is one of the best places for green energy, green investment and crucially for green jobs anywhere in the world," he said, highlighting the introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, the Green Investment Bank, the Green Deal and many other environmental policies.

"But I want to go further... I want to bring these [policies] together and really explain to the world, and particularly investors, what is available here in Britain... Together we can make Britain a global showcase for green innovation and energy efficiency. Together we can do the right thing for our planet and, just as important, do the right thing for our economy too."

Responding to questions, Cameron defended the Green Deal following criticism of the high interest rates underpinning the scheme and the relatively slow pace of take up, predicting the programme will "build over the months and years ahead".

"The key to it is the basic promise that you are not making an upfront investment and the savings you will make over time will really benefit you," he said.

With that fekkin jerk at the helm.....

He wants to stop Islamic terrorism in the Sahel -

What about stopping this in his own back yard - Britain?

Why does he promise all things to all men, promise to green Britain and spend trillions on fairy lights and some things that he could do - he feigns innocence and cocks a deaf un.

Dave, after Blair must be the next to the scaffold.

It tends to act these days as a warm-up act for the EU.