‘Like race’? Is religious opposition to same-sex marriage analogous to racism?

<p dir="ltr">This article seeks to explore the question of whether religious opposition to same-sex marriage should, today, be regarded as analogous to racism. In interrogating this question, it is observed that whereas it is now a decade since the right to have a civil marriage was first afforded to first same-sex couples in England, the continued refusal of the Church of England to solemnise same-sex relationships is viewed as being akin to the social evil of racism in some quarters. Whilst mindful of the dangers of equating religiously motivated objections to same-sex unions with racism, it is argued that the ‘like race’ analogy may be appropriate in certain (albeit limited) circumstances.</p>