Articles about Lord Alli

13 June 2013
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill 20 Lord Hylton, the peer who accused gay people of stealing the word ‘gay’ from its original meaning, has tabled a new wrecking amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
12 June 2013
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning ‘traditional marriage’ 59 Lord Dear is proposing a new amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill), protecting those who believe marriage is “the union of one man and one woman for life to the exclusion of all others.”
7 June 2013
Labour Lord Alli: We won the equal marriage vote but there is still a long way to go 26 Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Labour peer Lord Alli, the first openly gay peer to be appointed, says he was stunned by the House of Lords decision to support the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill with such an overwhelming majority, and has paid tribute to Conservative peer Lord Jenkin for his powerful equal marriage speech.
7 June 2013
Labour fear Lord Dear will table a new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill 43 Labour peer Lord Alli believes the equal marriage opponent and crossbench peer Lord Dear is still intent on trying to derail the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – although Lord Dear denies the claims.
4 June 2013
Labour Lord Alli: ‘A stunning victory for equal marriage in the Lords’ 13 Lord Alli has described the passing of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at second reading in the House of Lords as “a stunning victory for equality”.
4 June 2013
Labour Lord Alli praises David Cameron over his ‘courageous’ support for equal marriage 4 Labour peer Lord Waheed Alli has paid tribute to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron over his “courageous” support for equal marriage.
4 June 2013
Labour Lord Collins: ‘Passing equal marriage in the Lords will show LGBT people are equal’ 8 Labour peer Lord Collins has paid tribute to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron "for being prepared to stand up and be counted" when it comes to supporting equal marriage.
3 June 2013
Baroness Thornton: I am confident the equal marriage bill will be victorious in the Lords 6 Baroness Thornton, Labour’s Shadow Equalities Minister in the Lords writes for PinkNews.co.uk on why she is confident that the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will survive attempts to defeat it by opponents in the Upper House.
2 June 2013
Lord Alli: The Church of England is hypocritical for opposing equal marriage 50 Lord Waheed Alli, Labour peer and one of just a handful of openly gay Muslim politicians globally, has said he believes many peers who now oppose same-sex marriage will come to regret their views in time.
30 May 2013
Bishop of Salisbury: Opponents of equal marriage similar to supporters of ‘slavery and apartheid’ 29 The Bishop of Salisbury has likened opponents of equal marriage to Christians who used the Bible to justify slavery and apartheid
17 May 2013
Channel 4 Big Breakfast creator Charlie Parsons acquires global dating site Gaydar 3 PinkNews.co.uk can exclusively reveal British TV producer Charlie Parsons, who created Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast and The Word, has added global dating site Gaydar.co.uk to his business portfolio.
23 February 2010
Bishops call for gay civil partnerships in church 43 Senior clergy in the Church of England called today to lift the ban on gay couples having civil partnerships in church.
26 January 2010
Government will consider religious civil partnerships 19 The government has agreed to consider allowing civil partnerships to be held in religious premises after a debate in the House of Lords last night.
11 January 2010
Religious civil partnerships amendment tabled in Lords 68 An amendment to the Equality Bill which would allow civil partnerships to be held in church was tabled in the House of Lords today.

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