Oh dear. It turns out I’m in favour of the marginalisation of religion in public life. People talk about this as though it’s a bad thing. But I’ve had a decent think about what I’m in favour of and — hmm, bit of a surprise —it’s definitely that.
Take gay marriage. Support it, don’t support it, what do I give a damn? I think it’s wrong to be against it, as it happens, both logically and morally, but if you aren’t indulging in actual hate crimes, then that’s your business, not mine. Or rather, it should be. But for some reason, when you’re a church, it isn’t. And it’s annoying.
You’ll have heard about this letter, which was read out in every Catholic place of worship last Sunday, which railed against coalition plans to let chaps marry other chaps? Of course you have. We all have. It was a very big deal.
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