A straight couple who pledged to get divorced if marriage equality was ever legalised in Australia have chickened out.
Marriage is “part of God’s intimate story for human history”, Nick Jensen said.
“Marriage is the union of a man and a woman before a community in the sight of God.
And the marriage of any couple is important to God regardless of whether that couple recognises God’s involvement or authority in it.”.
Jensen also said that the “tide was turning” against marriage equality, and that he doubted he would ever have to actually follow through on the promise.
If a number of things hold then we won’t be in this situation [with marriage equality legislation before parliament] again for a number of years.
“My previous public comments regarding civil divorce never envisaged me separating from my wife, but rather our marriage from the state,” he said in a text message. »
