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6 February 2013Lib Dem Lynne Featherstone heaps praise on Tory colleagues in equal marriage tribute 20 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Lib Dem MP and International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone – who previously served as equalities minister – celebrates last night’s historic equal marriage vote and has singled out Home Secretary Theresa May for particular graduate. -
26 December 2012Lynne Featherstone: Religious leaders shouldn’t try and stop others from holding same-sex marriages 32 Lynne Featherstone, now an International Development Minister, but previously the Minister for Equalities argues that religious leaders need to have more faith in their own beliefs and stop trying to force others to live by their anti-equal rights views. -
8 June 2012Comment: Equal marriage is a logical, gentle and momentous step, writes Lynne Featherstone 225 Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone says Britain is "ready for change" and asks the community to have its say before the government consultation closes. -
15 March 2011Comment: Equality minister Lynne Featherstone on the drive to tackle homophobia in sport 51 As a Liberal Democrat in government, fighting for a more equal society is my driving force and I am lucky to be in a position as minister for equalities to be able to do so much. But sometimes you are reminded that simple government diktat doesn’t change much.
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