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London, England, Jun 18, 2012 \/ 04:09 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A recent poll in the United Kingdom found that most gay, lesbian and transgendered people in the country do not support homosexual \u201cmarriage,\u201d despite Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s intent to legalize it.<\/p>\n

\tThe survey \u2013 conducted from April 27 to May 20 by the firm ComRes for Catholic Voice \u2013 showed that only a minority of the British homosexual population considers the legalization of gay marriage to be a priority. Nearly half of those surveyed said Cameron\u2019s plan is more about making his party appear compassionate than about a conviction on the issue.<\/p>\n

\tThe poll showed that only 27 percent of those surveyed would get married if British law allowed it, while only 39 percent believe the redefining of marriage is a priority for the community.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPerhaps now we can have the debate we should have had a long time ago: about whether this is really something good for society; whether there is a convincing case for the public for a radical redefinition of a fundamental institution of society,\u201d said Austen Ivereigh, coordinator for Catholic Voices.<\/p>\n

\tThe director of the Coalition for Marriage campaign, Colin Hart, also weighed in on the issue, noting that the poll \u201cconfirms once again that only a handful of people are pressuring the government to redefine marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEven among them within the gay community, there is not a majority that thinks this is a priority,\u201d he said, adding that the \u201cskepticism of the gay community about the Prime Minister\u2019s reasons echoes the opinions of the wider populace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe government should abandon these proposals, which are profoundly anti-democratic and never been put before the British public,\u201d Hart emphasized.<\/p>\n

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