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If you were wondering why the British (and French) Government is ramming home Gay Marriage when virtually no-one asked for it, here’s the probable reason. The Berlinguer Report is due to be voted through the EU Parliament this November and will see all marriages and civil contracts conducted in any EU country become legally binding in all other member states. Under the Berlinguer Report, a couple not permitted to marry in their own country could travel to another member state in order to wed, knowing that on their return home they would have to be regarded as married.  Nice one… Paragraph 40 of the Report would mean that any member state would have to grant 'all social benefits and other legal effects' such as legal recognition, tax breaks and benefit entitlements to a married couple, even if such a marriage did not exist in their own legal system. UKIP’s leader, Nigel Farage, said: "If a couple were to marry in Belgium, Spain, Portugal or Sweden where same-sex marriage is possible, the EU will say that they have to be given the same legal rights in whichever member state they then chose to live – even if that state itself opposes the introduction of same-sex marriage. In essence the Berlinguer Report seeks to establish an EU-wide right to same-sex marriage. "It's no surprise that the Prime Minister has kept quiet about this, even at the expense of cohesion in his own party. To suggest that the two issues are in fact interconnected would have caused complete uproar." This is what I call “loss of sovereignty”.  And if Cameron has no right to “redefine” words from the dictionary then neither does the EU, and so both of them should butt out of our affairs. David Challice UK Independence Party   For more information please visit www.ukip.org  or FREEPHONE 0800 587 6 587