Well… they’re going by a “discussion paper” for a “draft” of something or other, so…
The proposal to require those who conduct religious marriages and divorces to register would also imply the nationalisation of Jewish and Islamic religious courts. The paper asks whether these suggestions could “harm integration into British society” and “give rise to the potential for conflict in communities”.
It also labels the Catholic Church and evangelical groups “illiberal”, citing gay adoption and the case of Peter and Hazelmary Bull, who refused to allow a gay couple to stay in their hotel. It refers to “faith groups who are not consumed by ideologies that preach hatred/destruction but have conscentious beliefs that are illiberal”.
