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21 December 2012
Tory MP Steve Baker: Letting gays marry will not improve tolerance in our society 51 Conservative MP for Wycombe, Steve Baker, has said that the Government's plans for same-sex marriage will not improve tolerance in society.
21 December 2012
Archbishop of Wales to meet Government to tell them not to ban his church from performing same-sex marriages 24 The Archbishop of Wales, Barry Morgan, will today tell the British Government not to go ahead with a proposed legislative ban on same-sex marriage.
20 December 2012
Gay Democrat Barney Frank: It was wrong to take same-sex marriage case to Supreme Court 16 The retiring Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has said that gay rights campaigners were wrong to take a case about equal marriage to the Supreme Court.
20 December 2012
US Radio host: Same-sex marriage laws might force a resurrected Jesus to marry a man 100 Linda Harvey, a host of the Ohio based Christian radio station WRFD has warned that the passing of same-sex marriage laws might cause Jesus Christ to marry another man.
20 December 2012
Ireland: Lesbian couple get engaged via Tweets projected onto Dublin building 5 The Irish state broadcaster RTE has reported on how a festive tweets promotion by AOL turned into a surprise civil partnership proposal for a lesbian couple.
20 December 2012
Campaigners: Same-sex marriage in Spain of Australian government minister must spur on marriage equality 7 Equal marriage campaigners in Australia have said that the marriage in Spain by a gay government minister to his long term partner shows how pressing the need for a change in the law is.
20 December 2012
Taiwan: Court decision could lead to legalisation of equal marriage 5 A decision is expected on Thursday by a Taiwanese court which could result in the first legally recognised marriage of a gay couple in the country.
19 December 2012
UK: Gay couples denied access to heterosexual divorce laws 28 Gay partners in England and Wales who have an affair with someone of the same sex will not be able to use adultery laws as grounds for divorce, lawyers have warned.
18 December 2012
Dolly Parton: ‘If I was gay, I would have come out of the closet just a-flying’ 4 Dolly Parton has addressed rumours that she is secretly a lesbian by saying that if she was she would have come out of the closet years ago.
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.
14 December 2012
US Radio host: Gays aren’t human so aren’t protected by the US constitution 169 An American Christian radio host who last week said that same-sex marriage encourages children to have gay sex has now said that as she believes humans aren’t naturaly homosexual, gays aren’t ‘people’ and shouldn’t be protected under the definition of a person.
14 December 2012
Bishop of Buckingham: Church will be a fool to squander the option of ‘getting real’ by backing same-sex marriage 24 The Bishop of Buckingham, Alan Wilson, the most senior member of the Church of England to back the Out4Marriage campaign for marriage equality has warned that the Church of England risks squandering a “precious opportunity to get real” by backing same-sex marriage.
13 December 2012
Illinois: Politicians hope to pass same-sex marriage law in early January 12 An Illinois state representative and a state senator have said they will seek legislative approval of same-sex marriage in the state in three weeks.
13 December 2012
UK: Jewish Masorti movement hints it might endorse same-sex marriage in synagogues 2 While the Reform and Liberal Judaism movements have welcomed the government’s plans to allow gay couples to marry in synagogues, the Masorti movement has not joined the orthodox United Synagogue and the Chief Rabbi in opposing the moves.
13 December 2012
Daily Mail accepts that David Cameron is ‘brave and principled’ to support equal marriage 45 The Daily Mail, one of the cheerleaders of the anti-equal marriage press has accepted that David Cameron has been "brave" and is "acting on principle" with his proposals to make same-sex marriage equal.
11 December 2012
Ed Miliband: Entire Labour Shadow Cabinet will vote for same-sex marriage but it will be a free vote 18 Although he will not be whipping all his MPs to vote for equal marriage, the leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband has said that his entire shadow cabinet backs the move.
9 December 2012
Conservative MP: ‘Most parents would prefer their children not to be gay’ 75 A Conservative MP has spoken out against the coalition government's plans to allow marriage equality, saying their intentions are "barking mad".
8 December 2012
Comment: Equal marriage is a step towards a fairer society 25 Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert who proposed the Equal Marriage motion to the Liberal Democrat party conference in 2010 argues that the Government's plans to make same-sex marriage legal is an important step towards building a fairer society in Britain.
8 December 2012
US: Thirty same-sex couples set to wed in Washington mass wedding on Sunday 2 Thursday was the first day that same-sex couples could obtain marriage licenses in the state of Washington, and one church is planning a group ceremony for Sunday, at which thirty couples will wed.
7 December 2012
Nick Clegg: We won’t force churches to hold same-sex marriages if they don’t want to 18 The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has joined David Cameron in commenting on the reports that the government is to allow same-sex marriages to take place in churches.

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