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Since the government had announced in October 2011 a consultation on legalising gay marriage Burrowes said he had received 'hate filled messages of bigotry, intolerance, and violent threats (including death)' against him speaking up for the institution of marriage'. These had 'strengthened' his position 'that this debate is as much about freedom for people to express their belief as it is about equality'. | Since the government had announced in October 2011 a consultation on legalising gay marriage Burrowes said he had received 'hate filled messages of bigotry, intolerance, and violent threats (including death)' against him speaking up for the institution of marriage'. These had 'strengthened' his position 'that this debate is as much about freedom for people to express their belief as it is about equality'. | ||
| − | + | :As an MP I have broad shoulders and will not be intimidated by threats in expressing my views. However, I fear for other people’s freedoms if marriage is redefined; where teachers are being told what they should not only think but teach - even if it goes against their conscience. Teachers will be reading Orwell with new meaning. | |
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| + | Burrowes said he had received a strong demand from the [[Coalition for Marriage]] pressure group, which had already amassed over 200,000 signatures for its petition supporting the current definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, he said. <ref> David Burrowes, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9144586/I-can-handle-death-threats-but-gay-marriage-threatens-freedom-of-speech.html 'I can handle death threats, but gay marriage threatens freedom of speech'], The Telegraph, 15 Mar 2012, accessed 16 March 2012 </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:39, 16 March 2012
David Burrowes was elected as the Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate in 2005.[1]
Views
In March 2012 Burrowes wrote a column published in The Telegraph entitled, 'I can handle death threats, but gay marriage threatens freedom of speech', in which he stated his opposition to the goverment's consultation on this subject.
Since the government had announced in October 2011 a consultation on legalising gay marriage Burrowes said he had received 'hate filled messages of bigotry, intolerance, and violent threats (including death)' against him speaking up for the institution of marriage'. These had 'strengthened' his position 'that this debate is as much about freedom for people to express their belief as it is about equality'.
- As an MP I have broad shoulders and will not be intimidated by threats in expressing my views. However, I fear for other people’s freedoms if marriage is redefined; where teachers are being told what they should not only think but teach - even if it goes against their conscience. Teachers will be reading Orwell with new meaning.
Burrowes said he had received a strong demand from the Coalition for Marriage pressure group, which had already amassed over 200,000 signatures for its petition supporting the current definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, he said. [2]
Notes
- ↑ About David, davidburrowes.com, accessed 3 February 2012
- ↑ David Burrowes, 'I can handle death threats, but gay marriage threatens freedom of speech', The Telegraph, 15 Mar 2012, accessed 16 March 2012
