I’ve been invited to weddings, told in advance that its segregated, but found out it was mixed, obviously I was a bit annoyed but not annoyed enough to walk out of it. I stay there to give glad tidings and thank the bride’s family for inviting me.
Fair enough this MP walked out because of his values, but then why the hell did he need to phone the press and turn this whole thing into something political. Banging on about radical Islam in europe blah blah blah and then it become of those issues in which muslims are supposedly rejecting the “British way of life” (whatever that is) and imposing their ideas onto other people.
He obviously had some other intentions. His opponents have accused him of pandering to white, working class voters Look here -
George Galloway, the current MP for Bethnal Green and Bow who will contest the new Poplar and Limehouse constituency against Mr Fitzpatrick at the next election, said: "If he doesn’t wish to attend an Islamic wedding and observe the religious customs preferred by the bride and groom, he should not go rather than insult them for perceived political gain.
“I am absolutely amazed and astonished that a government minister with a substantial Muslim minority in his constituency should have decided to give such a gratuitous insult to so many Muslims.”
Tim Archer, the Conservative candidate for the constituency at the next election said: “I can’t help but feel he’s playing a certain race card to save his skin at the next election. I think it’s a desperate strategy.”
Jim Fitzpatrick walks out of Muslim wedding - politics.co.uk