Mr Balls said he believed that homosexual couples should be able to marry in the same way as heterosexuals, with services held in churches.
In an online video recorded to back the case for same-sex marriage, Mr Balls said he drew inspiration from his late uncle.
“Twenty years ago my uncle came out in his fifties as gay - and he died, I’m afraid, before he and his long-term partner could have a civil partnership,” he said.
“In our family we would have liked him to have gone further and to have got married. It’s what he would have wanted, I believe.”
Mr Balls did not name his relative, and Labour spokesman said he would not do so in order to respect the man’s privacy. » | James Kirkup, Deputy Political Editor | Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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