James Park is a reporter for PinkNews.co.uk
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24 May 2013Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was ‘repulsed’ by gays and lesbians 3 The DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr was challenged on Question Time about his 2007 interview where he said that he was "repulsed" by gays and lesbians. -
23 May 2013Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay 2 Amatuer, obscured video footage, appears to show a gay teenager being forced out of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) after coming out as gay. -
14 May 2013US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay 62 Linda Harvey, the US radio host who has previously claimed that gay people are not human, has claimed that LGBT news publications are turning children gay. -
14 May 2013Maria Miller rejects claim by Simon Hughes that equal marriage has been ‘fast tracked’ 44 Maria Miller, the Minister for Equalities, has rejected a claim made by the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats that same-sex marriage is being "fast tracked" through Parliament without the proper consultations. -
14 May 2013Maria Miller: Surprising that England & Wales is behind so many countries on equal marriage 31 Maria Miller, the Minister for Equalities, has told a joint committee of peers and MPs that it is surprising that England and Wales is behind the curve when it comes to same-sex marriage. -
10 May 2013Conservative Lord Fowler: If Parliament values people equally, it must make same-sex marriage legal 33 Lord (Norman) Fowler, the former Conservative Health Secretary has told fellow peers that they should support equal marriage because: "Parliament should value people equally in the law, and that enabling same-sex couples to marry removes the current inequity." -
7 May 2013Delaware Senator Karen Peterson comes out during same-sex marriage vote 8 Delaware State Senator Karen Peterson came out as a lesbian during her speech to convince colleagues to vote in favour of same-sex marriage. -
7 May 2013US: Delaware becomes the 11th state to make same-sex marriage legal 17 Lawmakers in the US state of Delaware have voted 12 to 9 in favour of a bill to legalise equal marriage on Tuesday, making the Diamond State the 11th to allow same-sex marriage. -
6 May 2013Dame Helen Mirren dressed as the Queen tells gay festival drummers to ‘shut the f**k up’ 40 Dressed as the Queen, Dame Helen Mirren told 200 drummers promoting a gay festival to "shut the f*ck up" after they disturbed a performance of 'The Audience'. -
5 May 2013Nigel Evans: I’ve had the worst 24 hours of my life but Facebook support has bolstered me + The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, has said his arrest over claims of rape and sexual assault have been the "worst 24 hours of my life". -
5 May 2013Justin Bieber: ‘I’m gay’ claims hacked E! Online Twitter account 21 The Syrian Electronic Army, the group responsible for hacking both the BBC and the Associated Press, has used a compromised Twitter account to claim that pop star Justin Bieber is gay. -
4 May 2013Norman Tebbit: Ban on straight civil partnerships is discrimination, ban on gay marriage is not 137 The former Conservative Party chairman Norman (Lord) Tebbit has told a PinkNews reader that the ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, but the current system of not allowing heterosexual couples to enter into a civil partnership is. -
6 February 2013Francis Maude: Tories no more split than the country on introducing same-sex marriage 9 The Paymaster General, Francis Maude, one of the most pro-gay members of the Government has said that the Conservative party is no more divided than the country when it comes to same-sex marriage. -
5 February 2013Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg: ‘Today’s vote is a landmark for equality in Britain’ 20 The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said that today's vote was a "landmark for equality in Britain". -
5 February 2013More Conservative MPs voted against same-sex marriage than for it 54 David Cameron's spirits on succeeding to get the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill through the first round of the Parliamentary process will be dampened by the knowledge that more of his MPs voted against rather than for his policy. -
5 February 2013Letter: William Hague, George Osborne and Theresa May same-sex marriage ‘is the right thing to do’ 6 In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, but in reality a letter to fellow Tory MPs, three of the most senior Conservative ministers have pleaded with their colleagues to back same-sex marriage. -
3 February 2013William Hague: We shouldn’t deny a couple marriage because they are of the same-sex 9 William Hague, the foreign secretary, who as Conservative leader opposed the abolition of Section 28 has confirmed that he will vote in favour of same-sex marriage. -
3 February 2013Iain Dale: Some of the MPs who oppose same-sex marriage are secretly gay 76 LBC presenter and political commentator, Iain Dale, has sensationally claimed that several MPs who will vote against equal marriage are having secret gay affairs. -
2 February 2013Tobias Ellwood MP: ‘I cannot support the Government’ on same-sex marriage proposal 79 Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, Tobias Ellwood, has told a PinkNews reader that despite him being a "progressive Conservative", he can not vote to make same-sex marriage legal. -
31 January 2013Chris Grayling and Baroness Warsi to vote in favour of same-sex marriage 59 Tory right-wingers Chris Grayling and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi have said that they will vote in favour of allowing same-sex couples to marry next week.
