One of Britian’s most well-known Catholics has expressed his support for a proposed same-sex marriage law. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who converted to Catholicism, joining the faith of his wife and children, said he “strongly supports” same-sex marriage. From The Independent:
Today the campaign against gay marriage is stepped up with a letter from two archbishops to be read to Catholic congregations 
across England and Wales at mass. The letter will claim that the new law would undermine the institutions of marriage and the family.
But despite the backlash, the Prime Minister and many members of his Cabinet are fully behind the plans. In a significant boost to Mr Cameron, Mr Blair – one of the best known Catholics in Britain – has told friends he "strongly supports the Prime Minister's proposal".
Mr Blair's position is likely to anger the Vatican, which is alarmed at moves in both the UK and the US for same-sex unions. Senior church figures are also opposed to church blessings of same-sex civil partnerships. Mr Blair was responsible for pushing through laws on civil partnerships and lowering the age of consent for homosexuals to 16, but he has remained silent on the issue of gay marriage until now.
When Mr Blair joined the Catholic Church, six months after leaving Downing Street, the Vatican's chief spokesman, Federico Lombardi, said his conversion "can only arouse joy and respect". He joined because his wife, Cherie, is a Catholic and their four children were brought up in the church. But Ann Widdecombe, the former Tory minister and also a Catholic convert, complained that his record as prime minister clashed with the church's teachings.
The Tablet reports that there is indeed pushback from the Vatican:
A senior Vatican figure has rebuked Tony Blair after it was reported at the weekend that he "strongly supports the Prime Minister's proposal" to legalise gay marriage.
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation, had harsh words for the former Prime Minister, who became a Catholic in 2007 and whose comments were reported in the Independent on Sunday.
He said: "If the stories in the press about Blair's thinking are true, I think he should examine his conscience carefully", Vatican Insider reported.
Leaders in the Church of England have joined Catholic officials in opposing same-sex marriage.
We have orphans who cry themselves to sleep ,widows who probably have no tears left, men women and children who walk around maimed for life with an arm or leg missing .In the UK you have men barely at the age of thirty swinging from the end of a rope after a tour of duty ,a population so used to the carnage that the killing of 100 Iraqis in a single day does not grab even a split second of our consciousness anymore.Babies limbs litter the bins of abortion clinics all over Great Britain and all of this was most dandy with our Neophyte .
Santo Subito gave him the body of our Lord just before he let loose the bombs on the Iraqi people , a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man right?
Then as the worms gorged on the bodies of innocent Iraqis Blair popped the Champagne and made his entry (not on an Ass!) into the one,true ,Holy and Catholic Church.Some cardinals even got a smileline on their faces from it all.Holy ,Holy ,Holy!
Then the hero of our tale says that gay people should be allowed to marry each other, clashing most clearly with catholic teaching and with a jowly flourish an Italian king of Evangelisation rolls out the Italianism of "examining conscience".Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
A not so subtly veiled "will to power ".
His sin is lack of omission.
Naivety is a form of narcissism said someone.