Gay marriages soon to take place on UK military bases
In a response to a parliamentary question, Minister for Armed Forces Penny Mordaunt revealed this week she had ordered a pilot study for Ministry of Defence sites to be registered for civil marriages and partnerships.
Christian Today reported last December that no same-sex couples in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force had been married in a military chapel in spite of regulations making provision for such ceremonies being passed two years ago. This was because all 12 of the "sending Churches" responsible for the supplying chaplains to minister in the country's 190 military chapels are opposed to same-sex marriage.
Labour MP Madeleine Moon tabled a written question to Mordaunt last December asking how many military chapels are registered to conduct same-sex marriages....