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5 February 2013
Ed Balls: I’m really pleased David Cameron is introducing same-sex marriage and I think it’s brave 10 Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has praised Prime Minister David Cameron’s commitment to equal marriage, ahead of today’s vote by MPs on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
1 February 2013
Ed Miliband predicts ‘big turnout’ for Labour in support of same-sex marriage vote 32 Ed Miliband has predicted that the majority of his party's MPs will support equal marriage when it goes to a vote on Tuesday.
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
Yvette Cooper: I’m glad to be supporting the government’s same-sex marriage bill 10 Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow home secretary, has welcomed the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
21 January 2013
Labour MP Rob Flello: The government should not ‘re-write’ marriage 46 Rob Flello, the Labour Shadow Justice Minister and MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, says same-sex marriage is not "an issue of equality".
10 January 2013
Exclusive: David Blunkett: Equal marriage plans are ‘a complete dog’s dinner’ 37 Labour’s former home secretary David Blunkett has described the government’s equal marriage plans for England and Wales as a “complete dog’s dinner”.
17 December 2012
Lib Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle: ‘Gay marriage is just not on’ 65 The first Liberal Democrat MP to voice their opposition to the government’s marriage reforms since last week's announcement has gone public.
17 December 2012
Exclusive: Labour MPs threaten to resign over same-sex marriage vote 33 PinkNews.co.uk has learnt that Labour’s decision to grant its backbenchers a free vote on equal marriage caused a major rift in the shadow cabinet with deputy leader Harriet Harman amongst those calling for the vote to be whipped.
11 December 2012
Exclusive: Nick Clegg signals a free vote for Lib Dem MPs on same-sex marriage 44 In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said: “I’m not going to be illiberal in pushing through a liberal measure” when asked if it was still the case that Lib Dem MPs would be forced to vote with the government on equal marriage.
11 December 2012
Labour to hold a free vote on same-sex marriage 27 The Labour Party has signalled that it will now allow its MPs to have a free vote on the government’s equal marriage plans despite previously indicating that it would impose a three-line whip.
10 December 2012
Austin Mitchell MP: Ed Miliband must allow Labour MPs a free vote on same-sex marriage 78 Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell has tweeted that “Gay marriage is neither urgent nor important” and says Ed Miliband must allow Labour MPs to have a conscience vote on the issue.
16 November 2012
Manchester: Defeat for gay Tory candidate 21 Matthew Sephton, chairman of LGBTory, has been defeated as the Conservative Party candidate in the Manchester Central by-election.
16 October 2012
UK: Labour MP Chris Bryant to introduce ten minute equal marriage bill 63 Labour MP Chris Bryant’s decision to introduce a ten minute rule bill on equal marriage in the House of Commons has been described as the “first shot” in the parliamentary battle for marriage equality.
12 October 2012
Yvette Cooper: ‘Get on with legalising same-sex marriage’ 76 Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Yvette Cooper says David Cameron needs to “show a bit of backbone” over the issue of equal marriage.
11 October 2012
Comment: ‘Conservatives are the true party of equality’ 53 In a comment piece for PinkNews.co.uk, Ben Howlett, the chairman of Conservative Future claims his party now eclipses Labour when it comes to LGBT equality.
10 October 2012
Boris Johnson: “Why on earth would we deny marriage to anyone?” 48 Mayor of London Boris Johnson has launched another robust defence of the government’s policy on equal marriage.
9 October 2012
UK: Christian Labour MP changes his mind and backs equal marriage 16 The Labour MP for Huddersfield Barry Sheerman has said he now supports equal marriage rights for same-sex couples after previously being “unsure”.
8 October 2012
Comment: It’s vital to lobby MPs over equal marriage 36 In a comment piece for PinkNews.co.uk, Matthew Sephton, chairman of LGBTory says it’s vital that the LGBT community continues to press the case for marriage equality among all parliamentarians.
5 October 2012
Stephen 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.
3 October 2012
Comment: The gay rights debate should avoid political point scoring 28 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, David Skelton, the deputy director of the influential Policy Exchange think-tank argues that discussion on LGBT issues should avoid descending into “party political tribalism”.

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