UK Marriage Bill
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13 May 2013Tory MP David Burrowes: ‘The same-sex marriage bill resembles the shark in Jaws’ 50 Conservative MP David Burrowes has reiterated calls for a referendum on same-sex marriage and warns the bill resembles the shark in the 1970s thriller movie, Jaws. -
10 May 2013Lord Carey: The Government has ignored minority churches on same-sex marriage 43 Lord Carey of Clifton told the House of Lords that the Government has painted opponents of marriage equality as a "strange breed of non-relevant dinosaurs" while ignoring minority ethnic communities. -
10 May 2013Conservative peer Baroness O’Cathain: ‘The Government should admit same-sex marriage is a mistake’ 47 Baroness O'Cathain told the House of Lords that "very little more equality is needed" when laying out her opposition 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." -
9 May 2013UKIP’s Nigel Farage: Lady Thatcher’s ‘open-mindedness’ is responsible for gay tolerance in Britain 77 UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has criticised David Cameron for pushing ahead with the same-sex marriage bill and claims Margaret Thatcher’s “open-mindedness” is responsible for today’s gay tolerance in British society. -
9 May 2013DUP MP William McCrea: ‘David Cameron has no mandate for his same-sex marriage bill’ 20 DUP MP Dr William McCrea has criticised David Cameron for pushing ahead with the same-sex marriage bill and says “no party has a mandate for that change. -
9 May 2013MPs to resume debate of same-sex marriage bill this month 35 MPs will resume debate of the same-sex marriage bill later this month, it has been announced. -
8 May 2013Stephen Williams: Same-sex marriage is a great social reform but I’m waiting for Prince Charming 13 Stephen Williams, the openly gay Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West has named same-sex marriage as one “great social reforms of this Parliament” in his loyal address welcoming the Queen’s Speech. -
8 May 2013Gay equality critic Nadine Dorries reinstated as Conservative MP 20 Equal marriage critic Nadine Dorries has been reinstated as a Conservative MP, having been suspended by the party following her appearance on the TV reality show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. -
8 May 2013London Evening Standard urges David Cameron to stick with same-sex marriage in order to be a ‘conviction politician’ 19 In an editorial the London Evening Standard has commented on today’s highly-anticipated absence of the same-sex marriage bill from the Queen's Speech, saying David Cameron “must stick” with the policy in order to be seen as a “conviction politician”. -
7 May 2013UK: Same-sex marriage supporting MPs selected for Queen’s Speech Loyal Address 3 Two pro-marriage equality MPs have been selected for the Loyal Address during proceedings for tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech. -
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. -
3 May 2013UK: Government tells PinkNews no need for Queen’s Speech to mention equal marriage bill 70 With Parliament already dealing with the issue, there is no need for the Queen to mention same-sex marriage in next week’s speech, a Downing Street source has confirmed to PinkNews. -
3 May 2013UKIP candidate who published homophobic and biphobic flyers defeated in Staffordshire contest 21 UKIP candidate David Nixon, who distributed leaflets claiming legalising same-sex marriage would lead to explicit “Homosexual Sex Education”, has failed to be elected as the councillor for Stone Rural in Staffordshire. -
3 May 2013UKIP candidate who said ‘exercise’ in schools can prevent homosexuality fails to win seat in election 75 UKIP candidate John Sullivan who claimed regular physical exercise in schools can “prevent homosexuality” has failed to be elected as a councillor for Newent in Gloucestershire. -
1 May 2013Coalition for Marriage: David Cameron’s support for equal marriage explains the rise of UKIP 25 The Coalition for Marriage says David Cameron’s support for equal marriage explains why the Conservatives are expected to perform badly in Thursday’s local elections. -
1 May 2013Oxfordshire: Anti-gay marriage activists deliver petition to David Cameron’s constituency office 40 Same-sex marriage opponents have delivered a postcard petition signed by 288 people to David Cameron’s Witney constituency office in Oxfordshire. -
29 April 2013UK: Ethnic minority church leaders call for same-sex marriage referendum 63 Leaders representing more than a million British ethnic minority churchgoers have called for a referendum on equal marriage. -
29 April 2013Daughter of anti-gay marriage Tory MP makes ‘Misérable Lesbians’ equal rights movie 9 The daughter of an anti-equal marriage Conservative MP has produced a film in support of gay rights called Misérable Lesbians. -
29 April 2013UKIP LGBT group: ‘Extremely angry and disappointed’ by the ‘obnoxious beliefs’ of David Nixon and John Sullivan 86 UKIP’s affiliated LGBT group has condemned two of the party’s local election candidates for their alleged public displays of homophobia and biphobia.
