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Gay News: Gay rights organisation Stonewall is not committed to full gay rights, says Peter Tatchell.
By: Nigel Robinson
Peter Tatchell
Peter Tatchell
Tatchell hits out at Stonewalls "flawed" survey
Despite being founded to secure gay equality, the gay lobby group is refusing to campaign against the ban on gay civil marriage, said Tatchell.
“Stonewall seems content with civil partnerships,” he went on. “The vast majority of gay people are not content. They want the legal right to get married in a civil ceremony in a registry office, on the same basis as heterosexual couples.”
Tatchell’s comments follow Stonewall’s announcement that it was launching a survey among its supporters to determine whether they wanted gay marriage legalised.
Tatchell has described the survey as “flawed” and “unfair”
“Contrary to the impression given by Stonewall, it is not surveying its supporters specifically on the issue of gay marriage,” he claimed. “It is conducting a general survey encompassing twelve different lesbian and gay issues.
“The questionnaire is headed: 'Supporters Survey - October 2010'. There is no indication from the title or introduction that it is a survey on gay marriage.
“The question on gay marriage is buried near the end of the survey, as issue number eight.
“The question is not even called gay marriage. It is entitled 'Civil Partnerships', which is very confusing and misleading."
“This does not strike me as a genuine, impartial survey. It seems designed to minimise support for marriage equality.
“Stonewall is out of touch. The vast majority of the gay community and the British public support the right of same-sex couples to get married in a registry office….
“Every major LGBT organisation in Britain, apart from Stonewall, supports marriage equality. “
A recent Populus poll in 2009 found that 61 per cent of the public believe that gay couples should have an equal right to get married, and not just to have civil partnerships
“The questionnaire is headed: 'Supporters Survey - October 2010'. There is no indication from the title or introduction that it is a survey on gay marriage.
“The question on gay marriage is buried near the end of the survey, as issue number eight.
“The question is not even called gay marriage. It is entitled 'Civil Partnerships', which is very confusing and misleading."
“This does not strike me as a genuine, impartial survey. It seems designed to minimise support for marriage equality.
“Stonewall is out of touch. The vast majority of the gay community and the British public support the right of same-sex couples to get married in a registry office….
“Every major LGBT organisation in Britain, apart from Stonewall, supports marriage equality. “
A recent Populus poll in 2009 found that 61 per cent of the public believe that gay couples should have an equal right to get married, and not just to have civil partnerships
