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4 June 2013
Live blog: Highlights from House of Lords debate on Marriage (Same Sex marriage) Bill 3
4 June 2013
Gay Tory peer Lord Black: ‘I am a passionate supporter of equal marriage because I believe in family values’ 17 Lord Black of Brentwood, the first openly gay Conservative peer, gave an impassioned speech today during the House of Lords debate on equal marriage, saying he "passionately" supported the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, saying marriage is "the bedrock of society".
4 June 2013
Lord Jenkin: I was taught that condemning a homosexual is the same as condemning someone with red hair 28 A member of Mrs Thatcher's cabinet, Lord (Patrick) Jenkin of Roding, told the House of Lords debate on equal marriage that he was taught by his renowned scientist grandfather Frewin Jenkin, that condemning a homosexual is the same as condemning someone for having red hair.
3 June 2013
US: Illinois lawmakers apologise to equal marriage advocates for no vote on bill 2 Lawmakers in the US state of Illinois have written an open letter apologising to advocates of equal marriage in the state because on Friday, the last day in the legislative session, a bill to legalise marriage equality failed to be called for a vote, despite passing in the Senate in February.
3 June 2013
Photos: Equal marriage vigil outside the Houses of Parliament 15 This evening, pro-equality campaigners and politicians gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to hold a vigil in favour of same-sex marriage.
3 June 2013
Tory Lord Fowler: It would be ‘politically suicidal’ for the Lords to vote against equal marriage 23 Former Health Secretary Lord Fowler says it would be “politically suicidal” for the House of Lords to vote against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
3 June 2013
Baroness Knight: Parliament can’t help blind people see, so can’t help ‘artistic’ gays get married 128 During the equal marriage debate during the second reading of the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, Tory peer Baroness Jill Knight, who introduced Section 28, compared being gay to being blind, said that gay people were "delightful, very artistic", and said the bill was "built on lies".
3 June 2013
Baroness Royall: I urge my noble friends to support equal marriage 4 Labour's Leader in the House of Lords, Baroness Royall, says she hopes the Upper House "will be convinced" to vote in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill) as part of its second reading.
3 June 2013
Tory Baroness Stowell opens equal marriage debate with a joke about her love of George Clooney 7 Baroness Stowell of Beeston, the Conservative peer with responsibility to take the same-sex marriage bill through the House of Lords opened the debate on equality with a passionate speech that included a joke about wanting George Clooney to propose to her.
3 June 2013
Over eight thousand LobbyALord messages sent to peers to support equal marriage 9 Using the new site from Out4Marriage, to enable members of the public to LobbyALord to support equal marriage during the current equal marriage debate, over 8,000 messages have been sent to peers.
3 June 2013
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: I support equality but cannot vote for the equal marriage bill 21 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has spoken during the debate on the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, to say that, despite personally supporting equality, and saying he regretted the church's treatment of LGBT people, he would not support it.
3 June 2013
Lord Dear: Equal marriage will lead to ‘children acting out gay weddings in class’ 53 Speaking during the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill's second reading in the House of Lords, former chief constable of the West Midlands, Lord Dear, said that moves towards equal marriage meant the rights of gay people were "outstripping" the rights of families, and that children will be made to "act out gay weddings in class", if it passes.
3 June 2013
House of Lords equal marriage debate begins 10 Peers have begun debating the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the Lords as part of its second reading.
3 June 2013
Live: Watch the House of Lords same-sex marriage debate 15 You can watch the House of Lords debate on the Marriage (Same sex couples) Bill live on PinkNews
3 June 2013
House of Lords equal marriage rally to take place this evening 2 Supporters of marriage equality will rally outside the House of Lords from 5.30pm.
3 June 2013
Former Tory cabinet ministers urge Lords to back equal marriage 8 Several former Conservative cabinet ministers – including three former health secretaries – have given their firm backing to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in an open letter to The Times.
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.
3 June 2013
Lord Carey rants about marriage but agrees with the merits of a corporate GMail account with PinkNews reader 15 The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has ranted by email that marriage can only be between one man and one woman and discussed the merits of a corporate Google Mail (GMail) account with a PinkNews reader.
3 June 2013
Senior Anglican warns equal marriage could force the Queen to break ‘the laws of God’ 58 The former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir Ali, says introducing equal marriage could force the Queen to break a sovereign promise.
3 June 2013
Yvette Cooper: The government needs to remember who the real opponents of equal marriage are 11 Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told PinkNews.co.uk that the government needs to remember “who the opponents are” of the same-sex marriage bill in the wake of last week’s row about House of Lords timetabling.

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