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13 February 2013
UK: Churches ‘priced out’ of offering civil partnerships due to higher licensing costs 3 It has been revealed that religious institutions are being charged up to 16 times more for a civil partnership licence than a marriage licence by local councils, preventing many from offering services to same-sex couples.
25 January 2013
Labour MP Steve Reed: The battle for equality is not yet over 7 Writing for PinkNews, Steve Reed, Labour MP for Croydon North and Patron of LGBT Labour welcomes the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – but warns “this is no time to rest on our achievements.”
25 January 2013
Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: Today is a landmark moment for LGBT equality 9 Writing for PinkNews, Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Gilbert says the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is a cause for celebration.
16 January 2013
Majority of MPs indicate that they will vote for same-sex marriage in England and Wales 31 A majority of MPs in the House of Commons have indicated that they intend to vote for the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
25 December 2012
Feature: The top 15 stories that changed LGBT life in the UK in 2012 6 As 2012 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important UK stories of the last twelve months.
28 November 2012
NUS launches “I saw daddy kissing Santa Claus” equal marriage campaign 7 The National Union of Students today launched a campaign aiming to push the Prime Minister to move forward legislation which could legalise equal marriage in Britain.
13 June 2012
Video: Newly married couple deliver anti-gay marriage petition to Downing Street 144 The Coalition for Marriage, the campaign which opposes giving gay and straight couples an equal right to marry, recruited a newly-wed couple to deliver their petition to Downing Street yesterday.
21 May 2012
Video: Lord Chris Smith comes @Out4Marriage – without marriage we are ‘not going to be equal’ 7 Labour life peer and chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority, Lord Chris Smith, is standing in solidarity with the ever-growing list of people who have filmed a video for the Out4Marriage Campaign.
16 May 2012
Ex-EastEnders star and Stonewall founder Michael Cashman first MEP to come @Out4Marriage 10 Michael Cashman has become the first member of the European Parliament to join the Out4Marriage campaign.
14 May 2012
MPs declaring early support for equal marriage outnumber opponents three to one 6 Of the members of Parliament to have made early public statements on marriage equality, those who are likely in principle to vote for the government's proposals to allow gay couples to marry outnumber opponents three to one.
8 May 2012
Video: Groundbreaking global campaign for marriage equality, Out4Marriage launched 78 A new cross party and cross media campaign, Out4Marriage.org, to support changing the law to allow gay couples to marry has launched to help spread the message that most people in Britain and indeed the Western world, are happy to "come Out4Marriage".
7 May 2012
Anti-equality petition reaches 500,000 signatures 177 The anti-equality Coalition for Marriage (C4M), formed by an alliance of faith groups to oppose the extension of marriage to same-sex couples in the UK, claims on its website that it now has half-a-million signatures in support of its petition.
30 April 2012
Coalition for Equal Marriage campaign film reaches 500,000 views 27 A short film released to support equal access to marriage for gay people has amassed over half a million views in less than a week.
26 April 2012
Welsh government to investigate PinkNews exposé that Catholic schools promote anti-gay petition 63 The Welsh Government is to begin an offical investigation after PinkNews.co.uk exposed that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 300 English and Welsh schools to promote the Coalition for Marriage's anti-gay petition which asks the British Government not to go ahead with prime minister David Cameron's pledge to introduce marriage equality in England and Wales
25 April 2012
Exclusive: Catholic school ‘urged pupils as young as 11 to sign anti-gay marriage petition’ 656 Students at a Catholic state school in south London have been shown a presentation on religious opposition to the government's proposal to allow gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies which, it is claimed, encouraged them to sign the Coalition for Marriage's petition against the move.
25 April 2012
Comment: I hope my Equal Marriage film wakes us all up to support changing the law 24 Mike Buonaiuto asks, 'what do you do when the Government says it wants to change the marriage laws in England and Wales to allow gay couples the same rights as straights to conduct marriage ceremonies?' For him it meant making a film to ensure we all fight to support the Government's pledge to change the law.
25 April 2012
Video: Coalition for Equal Marriage releases beautiful viral campaign film 186 A new independent short film produced to support the Coalition for Equal Marriage has been released to encourage support for the Government's plans to lift the ban on civil marriage for same-sex couples in England and Wales.
18 April 2012
Video: New teaser for equal marriage ad 19 A teaser video for viral advertisement to promote the Coalition for Equal Marriage and the cause of marriage equality in England and Wales has been released.
9 April 2012
Video: Behind the scenes at filming of equal marriage advertisement 9 A behind the scenes video has been released from the making of a viral advertisement to promote the Coalition for Equal Marriage (C4EM) and the cause of marriage equality in the UK.
8 April 2012
Comment: The time is now to take action for equal marriage! 72 Have you heard the news? Coalition for Marriage (C4M) has collected over 400,000 signatures for its petition to keep a restricted and homophobic (yes, homophobic) definition of marriage.

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