Chief Rabbi abstains in House of Lords equal marriage vote

The Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, abstained in last night’s House of Lords vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
He said: “I’ve not come out strongly, I’ve simply said that in Judaism we don’t do it.”
The Movement for Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism officially support equal marriage.
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill passed its second reading in the Lords with a majority of 242 on Tuesday evening.
A ‘wrecking’ amendment by Lord Dear, a former chief constable, was defeated by 390 votes to 148.
The bill will now go forward for more detailed scrutiny by peers.
Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, voted in favour of Lord Dear’s ‘fatal’ amendment, along with his predecessor, Lord Carey.
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