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5 June 2013
Chief Rabbi abstains in House of Lords equal marriage vote 27 The Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, abstained in last night’s House of Lords vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
31 May 2013
Lord Carey: ‘Love is not enough’ to justify same-sex marriage 79 The Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey, has argued that marriage equality should be opposed on the grounds that allowing marriages based "merely" on love and commitment would also justify polygamous unions and marriages between siblings.
12 May 2013
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill 58 Christians are being encouraged to attend organised prayer meetings near the Houses of Parliament this month, in order to oppose the equal marriage bill, and to coincide with its third reading.
10 May 2013
Lord 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.
6 April 2013
Lord Carey: I will continue to oppose plans to ‘redefine’ marriage 58 The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey, has said he will continue to oppose plans to "redefine" marriage, and says that doing so does not detract from his support for government policies on ending poverty.
1 April 2013
Vice chair of Christians in Parliament urges Lord Carey to focus on global poverty and not on attacking equal marriage 10 Lord Carey has been criticised for his outspoken attack on David Cameron’s commitment to gay equality by Lord Bates, of Christians in Parliament.
1 April 2013
Senior Scottish Episcopal speaks in support of equal marriage and rebukes Lord Carey 34 One of the most prominent figures in the Scottish Episcopal Church has criticised Lord Carey for attacking equal marriage.
31 March 2013
Church of England clergyman: ‘Lord Carey should get over his obsession with gay sex’ 45 Members of the Church of England, other faith groups and secularists have quickly responded to deny claims by Lord Carey that David Cameron's "aggressively secular" government was marginalising Christians.
31 March 2013
Archbishop of Canterbury: The Church of England must be ‘graceful’ in equal marriage row 14 The new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has said that the Church of England must remain "graceful" in its internal disagreements around equal marriage.
31 March 2013
Poll: Most believe Church of England is ‘out of touch’ with modern society 37 More than two-thirds (69%) of the population believe that the Church of England is out of touch with society and half (54%) believe that it does a bad job of providing moral leadership.
30 March 2013
Lord Carey: David Cameron’s support for marriage equality has made Christians feel persecuted 107 The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey, has attacked David Cameron for his push for same-sex marriage, saying his has fueled "anxieties" among the UK'S Christians.
27 March 2013
Oxford’s Trinity College criticised for hosting conference by anti-gay Christian Concern 21 Oxford’s Trinity College has been criticised for agreeing to host a conference organised by the anti-gay group Christian Concern.
16 December 2012
Tory, Labour and cross-bench Peers and MPs say Government is ignoring public ‘opposition’ to equal marriage 53 Almost 60 Conservative, Labour and cross-bench MPs and peers have signed up to a new Parliamentary plan to oppose same-sex marriage.
23 November 2012
Students at London uni move to cut ties with anti-gay Lord Carey 44 Students at King’s College London have accused Lord Carey of being homophobic and are campaigning to have his photo removed from the college’s display of famous alumni.
15 October 2012
Simon Callow: I have a ‘right’ to marriage 32 Actor and theatre director Simon Callow believes the recent outbursts of Lord Carey and former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe on the subject of equal marriage illustrates how the two are living in the past.
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.
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
Comment: Lord Carey’s Nazi rhetoric is an insult to history 40 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Nicolas Chinardet takes the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey to task for comparing the opponents of equal marriage to persecuted Jews in Nazi Germany.
8 October 2012
Elton John: I should be allowed to call David my ‘husband’ 29 Sir Elton John has called on the government not to concede to the opponents of equal marriage and says he would “love nothing more than to make history again” by turning his civil partnership into a marriage.
8 October 2012
UK: Lord Carey criticised for anti-equal marriage ‘Nazi’ remarks 59 Gay rights campaigners have criticised the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey for making another outspoken attack on equal marriage.

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