Recently, the British government through the Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, told the members of parliament that it would be introducing a bill next year to legalise gay marriage in the country. However, she pointed out that the proposed bill would also ban the Church of England and Church of Wales from performing same-sex marriages. That is, other religious organisations and bodies who wish to do so can go on, but not these two traditional churches. The Church of England, Roman Catholic, Pentecostals, among other denominations have kicked against this proposed legislation, calling it immoral, anti-culture, anti-nature, anti-society and anti-God.

The above religious organisations are not alone in the opposition to this proposed bill. The conservatives, the Campaign for Marriage, legal experts, MPs, etc, have also kicked against it. The head of Campaign for Marriage (C4M) has accused the government of ignoring the opinions of half a million Britons and running a “sham” consultation on “gay marriage.” Colin Hart said when he presented the group’s petition, signed by over 500,000, he had been given assurances by the government that each signature would be considered officially as part of the consultation. But that didn’t happen.

He told the media that, “The decision to ignore a petition of half a million people is disgraceful and undemocratic and goes against assurances from civil servants that all submissions would be treated equally and fairly.”

The government claims that the consultation, based on 228,000 online response forms, found a majority which support the plan to redefine civil marriage. But the Telegraph, however, confirms that these numbers do not include the 500,000 who signed C4M’s petition.

Another member of the Parliament, Peter Bone, disappointedly asked the House of Commons: “How dare the secretary of state try to redefine marriage?”

Unfortunately, Prime Minister David Cameron has been a leading supporter of same-sex marriage and recently the UK government has been trying to pressurise African countries to legitimise homosexuality or have their aids from the UK cut. Thank God that most of these countries instantly resisted or rebuked them. I remember watching the Nigerian senate telling them to keep their aids, if the condition is to lure Africans into immorality and satanic practices; reaffirming that the Africans still cherish decency, morals, traditional and marriage values. I was indeed very proud to be a Nigerian that day!

But why would the Great Britain that has a common head with the influential and respectable Church of England (Anglican Church) in the British monarch, now decide to join some other European countries on this particular road to infamy and perdition?  In 2001, The Netherlands notoriously became the first country in the world to grant same-sex marriages (and remember they have this long history of struggle with lasciviousness. As far back as 1730 – 33, they experienced sodomy frenzy that resulted in the execution of about 276 men). After The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Argentina and Iceland have joined the list. And unfortunately, countries like Belgium and France are also about to be overrun by extremists.

Now, what will be the spiritual, moral and social implications of this legislation if passed in Britain? One, it will totally destroy the tradition and sanctity of the marriage institution, which the country’s laws and culture, the royal family and the Church of England have always respected, proclaimed and protected for centuries.

Besides, this proposed bill if introduced and passed by the British parliament will aggravate the already spiritual apostasy of the country. We are aware that there is spiritual decay in the present Europe. Most Europeans no longer have interest in the things of God. Places of worship are being converted to clubs, cinema, businesses, etc. And lasciviousness, crimes, violence, suicide, murder, occultism, corruption, immorality have been the resultant effect. Do you know that today, about 46 per cent of babies born in Britain are from single mothers! Now, imagine the social and spiritual implication of this.

Then, there is always a divine reaction to every attempt to deride or disobey Gods’ commandments. Sexual immorality, which homosexuality (same-sex relationship) is one of, will never fail to attract severe divine punishment. The scriptures warned severally and sternly that we must not involve in this. Individuals and nations who take these divine instructions for granted will always pay heavily for it. In fact, this particular sin was why God wiped out Sodom and Gomorrah from the face and map of the earth.

 Instead of pursuing this ignoble, retrogressive, anti-social, anti-nature and anti-God legislation, one will expect the British government and other European countries to initiate programmes that will stem the growing and alarming rate of unemployment, economic recession,  crimes, suicides, murders, and other social vices.

It is imperative that the British parliaments reject and throw out this particular bill if it is eventually presented to them. The Queen, all the royal family members, the Church of England, the civil societies, the marriage and family protection organisations, religious organisations and all Britons MUST rise against this proposed ungodly bill.

And they should also ensure that those behind the satanic and shameful move and their allies are not allowed to occupy any political position in Britain in the future.
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