Keir Starmer has apologised for having visited Jesus House. But in 2019, Laura Pidcock launched her reelection campaign at Saint Patrick's, Consett. That rally was addressed by Ian Lavery, who was chairing the Labour Party at the time.
Saint Patrick's, Consett has been a major centre of pro-life activity since the 1960s, and no same-sex couple has ever been married there. There must be some difference between, on the one hand, the Anglicised Irish who have predominated in Consett since the nineteenth century, and, on the other hand, the Nigerians of Brent Cross. Whatever might that difference be?
For that matter, the Church of England at least officially opposes abortion under most circumstances. It does not perform same-sex marriages; at its own request, the legislation providing for them bans it from doing so. Therefore, will politicians now be expected to eschew contact with the Church of England? If not, why not?
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