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"The Unitarian General Assembly believes that all couples, same-sex or mixed sex, should have equal access to civil marriages, religious marriages and civil partnerships. We have no wish to impose this legislation on those faith traditions who feel, for religious reasons, unable to comply. Religious freedom means that the right to say “no” must be accompanied by allowing those religious bodies whose beliefs lead them to support equal marriage to do so.”

Derek McAuley, Chief Officer. the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

“For us, equal marriage is simply a matter of justice in both a religious and a human rights sense. We can see no good grounds for depriving two men or two women of an equal right to affirm their life-long commitment in the same way as we would a man and a woman.”

Rabbi Danny Rich, Chief Executive, Liberal Judaism

“A recognition of equality for marriage of same-sex couples can only strengthen society and the institution of marriage. We welcome moves to legislate to this end. We are all made in God's image, an image that has a wide prism of characteristics and believe therefore that same-sex partnerships based on the same stability, faithfulness, love and mutual support as heterosexual relationships should be seen as fully equal in the eyes of the law. Religious bodies who wish to do so should have the freedom to conduct same-sex marriages in their places of worship.”

Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, the Movement for Reform Judaism