Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage Responsible for Floods in UK - UKIP Councillor

A UKIP councillor has sparked ridicule - and a new Twitter trend - after claiming the recent flooding across Britain is divine retribution for the Prime Minister legalising gay marriage.
David Silvester said it was David Cameron's fault that "large swathes of the nation have been afflicted by storms and floods" after the Prime Minister pursued the law change.

The Henley-on-Thames councillor, who left the Conservatives for UKIP in 2012 over the issue, told local newspaper the Henley Standard he warned the Prime Minister of Biblical weather consequences if same-sex marriages became legal.

"The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war," Mr Silvester said.

"He has arrogantly acted against the Gospel that once made Britain 'great' and the lesson surely to be learned is that no man or men, however powerful, can mess with Almighty God with impunity and get away with it for everything a nation does is weighed on the scale of divine approval or disapproval," he continued.

Mr Silvester's comments received a mocking Twitter response.

Mr Silvester added: "Since the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, the nation has been beset by serious storms and floods. One recent one caused the worst flooding for 60 years. The Christmas floods were the worst for 127 years. Is this just global warming or is there something more serious at work?"

The wider publication of his comments provoked much mirth on Twitter, with the hashtag #IBlameSameSexMarriage soon trending.

Manchester United's poor league form, a keyboard's failing delete key and sneezing were among a variety of unconnected and largely trivial events being jokingly blamed on the legislation.

A spokesman for UKIP, though, defended the party's councillor. He said Mr Silvester's views do not reflect the party's but added he had every right to "express independent thought".

The news was culled from "MSN News"