Comments on: Differences in social attitudes

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:21:51 +0000

I know I’m over two years late to the discussion, but I stumbled upon your blog and I’ve found it very interesting!

Camilla is technically the Princess of Wales. She just doesn’t use that title to avoid antagonising the general public, who associate that title with Diana.

I think that the gay marriage (or civil partnership – a rose by any other name and all that) and assisted suicide thing is probably linked to the apparant lack of religion. Our morals aren’t hindered by literal interpretations of religious teachings. I’m sure I’m not saying anything that you haven’t heard yet, but the American views of these three issues are generally frowned upon here. I’m sure that the British interpretations are generally frowned upon in the US too!

By: LazyBoy

LazyBoy — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:42:51 +0000

As far as I can remember before civil marriages were introduced Gay couples were having problems when one of them died, in that in a normal marriage when one of the couple died the insurances, pensions etc. are normally given to the surviving partner. However insurance and pension companies never recognised same sex partnerships because the law didn’t.
Basically the surviving partner in gay relationship were losing out even though they may have been in long term relatioships just like a conventional couple.
Yes Our Glourious Leader a.k.a. Gordon Brown is a Hypocrite.
The Church of England or Britsh Government isn’t interested who Prince Charles is married to as long as they are not Catholic.If he becomes King I am sure he has stated that he won’t become Charles III ( the others had bad press in the past) he will be a Henry or George I think.

By: Yank

Yank — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:21:06 +0000

Interesting. You have civil unions (similar but not equal to marriage), civil marriages, and religious marriages in the UK. Gays are allowed civil unions, yet some of the more high profile cases refer to it as a marriage and even go so far as to have a wedding. For those who argue that it is not the same as a marriage, it appears that Mr. Brown’s criticism of California is very hypocritical. After all, he may be speaking too soon. Gays are not allowed to marry in the Church of England, but neither are divorcees. So, Charles marries Camilla and she can’t be Princess, but she was bestowed the title of Duchess. It will be interesting to see how the church responds if and when Charles is crowned king.

By: NFAH

NFAH — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:41:31 +0000

Britain does NOT allow gay marriage, it allows civil partnerships (a case of separate-but-equal in the eyes of many)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom

By: smitten by britain

smitten by britain — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:58:02 +0000

There is an island off of Scotland which has the highest church attendance in Great Britain, so that must say something.
I believe we have around five states now which have overturned the ban on gay marriage and I think that will continue to grow over the next few years. Certainly my son’s generation will make the difference here-gay marriage is basically a non-issue for them. They don’t see what all the fuss is about.