Draft Marriage and Civil Status (Amendment No.4) (Jersey) Law - L Daniel - Submission - 3 November 2
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Louise Daniel
Dear Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel,
In response to the scrutiny panel's call for evidence, I would like to submit that I am very much against any proposed changes to the marriage laws. Specifically, because there are no provisions in the proposed changes which would protect private citizens, government employees or businesses who are conscientious objectors to same-sex marriage.
In communities where same-sex marriage laws have been passed, without appropriate protection for conscientious objectors, individuals and businesses have been targeted and intimidated simply because they choose to live by their moral convictions and cannot participate in a Same-Sex wedding. These convictions that can't be written-off lightly, since they are shared by billions of people around the globe and are articulated in nearly every major faith traditionincluding that of the established church here in Jersey.
I am supportive of the views expressed by the Jersey Evangelical Alliance. Thank you for your consideration of my views.
Louise Daniel