Sunday 18 March 2012

Marriage: Too Many Queens

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'BRITAIN could end up with TWO Queens on the throne if gay marriage becomes law, an MP warned last night.
'Tory Peter Bone claimed the new legislation would throw the monarchy into crisis. 'He said it would mean a lesbian Queen having a Queen consort or a gay King having a King consort. 'Mr Bone has demanded an emergency summit of Commonwealth leaders to discuss the planned changes.
'He said: "They seem to be rushing this through without thinking of the broader implications."
The MP has fired off a letter to Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone warning of possible upheaval in the monarchy.
'And he wants to know if it is the Government's plan to change the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 to allow a same-sex union.
'Mr Bone believes this would make it impossible for the monarch to continue as supreme governor of the Church of England.
'And a gay monarch who conceived a child either by sperm donor or surrogate would raise wider questions, he warns...'

The increasingly mad Peter Bone MP - leading Cunt For Marriage - in The Sun Sunday.
And your problem with this is what exactly, dear? 
Easiest solution to the "problem"?
Abolish the monarchy.
Thanks for asking.

Predictably the Mail On Sunday is also vexed by the titular and honorific anarchy we may be unleashing; "At present, if ‘Fred Bloggs’ is given a peerage and becomes ‘Lord Bloggs’, his wife ‘Freda’ becomes ‘Lady Bloggs’. Likewise, the wife of a knight of the realm, ‘Sir Fred Bloggs’, becomes ‘Lady Bloggs’...
"In the case of lesbian ‘Dame Freda Bloggs’, her lesbian married partner ‘Fiona’ could be titled ‘Dame Fiona’ or ‘the Honourable Fiona’" etc etc.
Oh noes!
Oh, and the Mail also claim this; "The Mail on Sunday understands that notwithstanding David Cameron’s publicly stated enthusiasm for gay marriage, it will not be in the Queen’s Speech in May when the Government unveils its legislative plans for next year.
"That means it will not become law for at least two years, possibly not until after the next General Election in 2015."
Fagburn wonders if the Mail have got some (gay) thing right for once.

2 comments:

  1. Yes this argument does pluck straight from the bowels of crapulence. Wonderful picture choice. x

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  2. I think the most important question to ask whenever progress on human rights issues and equality is being debated is: How will this affect the Monarchy?

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