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Gay marriage campaign? It's the first step to Third Reich, says Carey
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Oct 10, 2012 02:20am |
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| Author | OLIVER WRIGHT |
| Media | Newspaper - Independent |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 9, 2012 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Opponents of gay marriage are being treated in a similar way to the Jews at start of Nazi rule in Germany, the former Archbishop of Canterbury claimed yesterday.
In highly controversial remarks at a rally of anti-equality campaigners, on the fringes of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Lord Carey suggested that the intolerance of those in favour of gay marriage risked turning Britain into a totalitarian state. He also warned that gay marriage was a step on the "slippery slope" to the polygamous relationships of traditional Mormons.
Asked about people who described those who campaign against gay marriage as bigots, Lord Carey suggested such comments could be the start of something more sinister. "Let us remember the Jews in Nazi Germany," he said. "What started against them was when they started to be called names. And that was the first stage towards that totalitarian state. We have to resist them. We treasure democracy. We treasure our Christian inheritance and we want to debate this in a fair way." |
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