Christian Fellowship, River of Love, says it has raised 10,000 signatures against the civil unions bill, which gives gay people equal rights in marriage as heterosexual couples and lays the foundation for a gay couple to be able to adopt.

Is the petition a prelude to an abrogative referendum on the eventual law? Why are the signatures being raised now? Will this move incite homophobia?

Pastor Gordon Manche was one of the guests in Tuesday’s edition of Times Talk.

See a repeat of the programme above.

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