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13 December 2012Daily Mail accepts that David Cameron is ‘brave and principled’ to support equal marriage 45 The Daily Mail, one of the cheerleaders of the anti-equal marriage press has accepted that David Cameron has been "brave" and is "acting on principle" with his proposals to make same-sex marriage equal. -
11 December 2012Out4Marriage, Peter Tatchell and Ed Miliband raise concerns over Church of England gay wedding ban 33 Out4Marriage, Peter Tatchell and the leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband have this evening raised conerns over the decision to formally ban the Church of England from performing same-sex marriages. -
11 December 2012Ed Miliband: Entire Labour Shadow Cabinet will vote for same-sex marriage but it will be a free vote 18 Although he will not be whipping all his MPs to vote for equal marriage, the leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband has said that his entire shadow cabinet backs the move. -
11 December 2012NUS to lobby MPs on equal marriage, will deliver 4,000 Christmas cards to David Cameron 3 The National Union of Students LGBT is taking the next steps to push for marriage equality, as the government announces plans to bring forward marriage equality in early 2013. -
11 December 2012UK: Equal marriage advocates celebrate government’s plans to bring forward marriage equality 1 The advocates of marriage equality for the UK are celebrating today's announcement that the government plans to bring forward legislation legalising equal marriage next year. -
11 December 2012Government: Churches will be able to marry gay couples from next year 80 The government has confirmed that full marriage equality will be introduced for gay couples living in England and Wales. -
10 December 2012Government to issue official response to same-sex marriage consultation on Tuesday 23 Culture Secretary Maria Miller says the government will outline its response to this year’s equal marriage consultation on Tuesday (11 December) after being summoned to the Commons to answer an urgent question.
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9 December 2012Boris Johnson and 18 senior Tories to push for marriage equality 56 A number of senior Conservative politicians announced today that they had formed a new campaign group which supports the right of same-sex couples to marry, in an act of defiance against traditionalists within the party. -
8 December 2012Comment: Equal marriage is a step towards a fairer society 25 Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert who proposed the Equal Marriage motion to the Liberal Democrat party conference in 2010 argues that the Government's plans to make same-sex marriage legal is an important step towards building a fairer society in Britain. -
7 December 2012Maria Miller: Allowing churches to hold same-sex marriages will strengthen religious freedom 38 The Culture Secretary and Minister for Equality, Maria Miller has laid out the Government’s plans for introducing full marriage equality in an article for the Conservative supporting Daily Telegraph. -
7 December 2012Nick Clegg: We won’t force churches to hold same-sex marriages if they don’t want to 18 The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has joined David Cameron in commenting on the reports that the government is to allow same-sex marriages to take place in churches. -
7 December 2012Exclusive: Government to support gay couples marrying in church in plans to be announced next week 41 PinkNews.co.uk understands the government is to push for complete marriage equality, meaning religious organisations will be allowed to provide same-sex marriages, as part of its reforms, despite widespread opposition by senior Anglican and Catholic leaders. -
1 December 2012Video: Sir Ian McKellen says ‘I want to get married in Middle Earth’ for same-sex marriage campaign 14 X-Men and Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen has recorded a video for a New Zealand equal marriage campaign. -
22 November 2012ConservativeHome editor: Cameron is on ‘right side of history but wrong side of core voters’ on equal marriage 26 Tim Montgomerie, the editor of Conservative Home has urged Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron to argue more passionately in favour of same-sex marriage, but he warned that at present, Mr Cameron is on the “right side of history, but the wrong side of his core voters” on this issue. -
22 November 2012Conservative MP: Church is deluded if it thinks Parliament will listen to opposition of same-sex marriage 27 The Conservative MP Sir Tony Baldry who speaks on behalf of the Church of England’s commissioners in Parliament has warned that the church is deluding itself if it thinks that MPs will listen to its arguments against marriage equality for gay couples. -
22 November 2012Source: David Cameron to introduce equal marriage legislation within weeks 57 A senior source in Downing Street has told the Daily Mail that Prime Minister David Cameron is to fast-track legislation to introduce equal marriage within weeks.
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11 November 2012UK equalities minister: Gay couples will be banned from suing churches that refuse to marry them 154 The British equalities minister has confirmed that gay couples are to be prevented from using European human rights laws to demand a church to marry them.
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5 October 2012Stephen Fry attacks Church ‘extremists’ who oppose marriage equality in @Out4Marriage video 41 Stephen Fry has called on the government to allow faith groups to provide marriage ceremonies to same-sex couples, in a video for the Out4Marriage campaign. -
29 September 2012Christian Institute: There aren’t enough gays in UK to justify giving them equal rights 305 Just 2.6 per cent of people questioned by the Office of National Statistics have said that they are either lesbian, gay or bisexual, leading the Christian Institute to question whether such a small populous should be given the right to marry. -
27 September 2012Ed Miliband: Gay marriages should be allowed in church 124 Labour leader Ed Miliband adds his support to the Out4Marriage campaign to introduce equal marriage rights for gay couples in the UK, saying Labour believes that churches should be given the right to hold same-sex weddings.
