Partnership bill objectors should be supported

I READ with great interest the recent letters dealing with the Civil Partnership Bill and the opinions of the letter-writers on the measure and its possible consequences. I am concerned that the bill might make it possible to prosecute those whose conscience will not allow them to facilitate or participate in a same-sex civil partnership ceremony.

Surely it must be amended to facilitate the exercise of a person’s conscience, as long as this does not prevent others from exercising theirs.

If it is not, then that isn’t justice and I believe those whose conscience is strained on this matter must defy the law with the support of everyone who believes in their right to do so.