Catholic schools could be breaking law over gay marriage, warns minister

Roman Catholic schools have been officially warned that they could be breaking the law by encouraging pupils to oppose gay marriage. The Welsh Government has written to Catholic schools in Wales following complaints over teachers inviting pupils to sign a petition against the Givernment’s plans to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples. Read moreUgly Betty

Roman Catholic schools have been officially warned that they could be breaking the law by encouraging pupils to oppose gay marriage.

The Welsh Government has written to Catholic schools in Wales following complaints over teachers inviting pupils to sign a petition against the Givernment’s plans to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.

Ministers in Westminster are still “looking into” whether or not to issue a similar warning to schools in England.

More than 600,000 people so far have signed the Coalition For Marriage campaign petition, supported by figures such as Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, The Telegraph‘s reports.