Marriage is...

...the lifelong union of a man and a woman, of its very nature open to new life, and establishing  a  family.

And that is what the Church will teach to young people. Now and in the future:  in youth groups, in Confirmation classes, on pilgrimages and retreats and study days.

I'm re-stating this because there is a nasty sort of murmuring, from public officialdom,  to the effect that...um...ah...the Christian teaching of marriage is sort of, well,  "un-British" and should not be taught. 

You don't believe me? Read on...

A spokesman for Ofsted has announced that snoopers might be sent into Christian youth groups to check on what is being taught. It's not quite clear what sorts of things such checks might include. But in the general climate fostered since the imposition of same-sex unions into Britain's law, teaching that  marriage is the union of one man and one woman has increasingly been enounced as somehow conflicting with "British values".

 With that in mind, read and ponder here...