Career
He arrived in the United Kingdom in 1969. He was honoured with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1999, and was Knighted by the Queen in 2005. On January 3, 2006, Sacranie told British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Prime Minister programme that he believes homosexuality is "not acceptable", and denounced same-sex civil partnerships as "harmful".
He said that bringing in gay marriage did "not augur well" for building the foundations of society.
