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Clergy say Marriage Bill bound to put institution asunder

By Lillian  Aluanga-Delvaux

When a couple avows their affection, before God and man, it is usually with the hope that it is everlasting. Till death do you part… or …let no man put asunder… are phrases that have held a sacrosanct place in the institution of marriage. So when Cabinet recommended that ‘comewe- stay’ unions be legally recognised, the proposal was bound to elicit opposition and excitement in equal measure.

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