Gay-rights groups say the plan is inadequate, and that no units should be allowed to discriminate, while some conservative religious leaders and advocacy groups want the ban to stay in place nationwide.

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Some religious groups, including Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Judaism, are in favour.

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But some religious groups, including Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Judaism, are in favour of gay marriage and are thought likely to apply to be allowed to stage ceremonies.

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In fact, some have never forgiven the British colonialists for arbitrarily throwing together a myriad ethnic and religious groups, and then leaving them to try and get on with each other.

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