Within the Church of England and the Church in Wales, the arguments for accepting equal marriage, and for a commitment to the full equality of LGBT people within the body of Christ, are well known.
Equal marriage campaigners have called for the Northern Ireland Secretary of State to end the delay in allowing same-sex weddings in churches and the conversion of existing civil partnerships to marriages.
Plans to appoint a further President for Churches Together in England have faltered because not all denominations would accept a nominated President who is in a same-sex marriage.
On 28 March 2018, the House of Commons passed a Ten Minute Rule Bill to enact same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, five years after same-sex couples were granted marriage equality in England and Wales.
A new poll released by Northern Ireland polling and market research company, Lucidtalk, indicates that a majority of the population are in favour of same-sex marriage.
A commitment to deliver equal marriage must be a litmus test for any new Northern Ireland government, campaigners said yesterday (9 March 2017) at a press conference in Belfast.
Same-sex marriage is coming to Northern Ireland. That is the message which a pioneering New York legislator brought to Belfast in a keynote speech to campaigners.