Are UK churches conducting lots of same-sex marriages? The evidence says no
The introduction of same-sex marriage in the UK in 2014 was heralded as a landmark move, a 'watershed moment'. So much so that the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, still cites the move as the one of which he is most proud.
In fact, it was perhaps more important symbolically than it was in practical terms. For while it was arguably a policy fig-leaf that awarded Cameron's Conservatives the impression in the media of having 'modernised' while remaining unreconstructed on the major issues that affect people's lives – the economy, immigration and of course Europe – demand for same-sex marriage remains low....
