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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.
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.
27 September 2012
UK: Labour to make equal marriage a whipped vote 30 PinkNews.co.uk understands Labour is likely to whip its MPs when it comes to supporting the government’s policy of equal civil marriage rights for gay couples.
27 September 2012
Ed Miliband: Gay marriages should be allowed in church 124 Labour leader Ed Miliband adds his support to the Out4Marriage campaign to introduce equal marriage rights for gay couples in the UK, saying Labour believes that churches should be given the right to hold same-sex weddings.
25 September 2012
Video: Hugh Grant comes @Out4Marriage and says ‘love is the same for everyone’ 23 Hugh Grant, star of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, About a Boy and the Bridget Jones films, has recorded a video in support of the Out4Marriage campaign to make same-sex marriage legal in the UK.
22 September 2012
David Laws: Coming out as gay earlier would have ‘made my life a lot easier and happier’ 26 Education Minister David Laws has said that coming out earlier, rather than being forced to out himself by the newspapers would have made "my life a lot easier and happier — and that of those close to me."
20 September 2012
Video: Culture Secretary Maria Miller comes @Out4Marriage and defends record 39 The new Culture Secretary Maria Miller has once again signalled her full backing to the coalition’s policy on equal marriage by recording a video for the Out4Marriage campaign.
20 September 2012
Former adviser to Nick Clegg criticises ‘bigot’ apology 17 Nick Clegg’s former director of strategy disagrees with the decision of his former boss to apologise for appearing to brand equal marriage opponents as “bigots”.
17 September 2012
PM told to stop ‘whoring’ after the gay vote, by Telegraph journalist 98 Damian Thompson, the editor of Telegraph Blogs and a columnist for the paper has criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for trying to gain support from the LGBT community.
14 September 2012
Cleaner steals more than £30,000 from Derren Brown + A cleaner has admitted to stealing cheques from the gay TV magician Derren Brown.
13 September 2012
Nick Clegg issues apology to church leaders over ‘bigot’ row 80 Nick Clegg has written a formal letter of apology to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Westminster over claims he was prepared to call the opponents of equal marriage “bigots” in a speech at an LGBT reception.
12 September 2012
PM defends cabinet return of David Laws 9 David Cameron has defended bringing David Laws back into government.
12 September 2012
Comment: What exactly is a ‘bigot’? 107 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk Nicolas Chinardet assesses the ‘bigot’ row that has hit Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg in the past 24 hours.
12 September 2012
Conservative MP calls on Nick Clegg to quit over ‘bigot’ row 83 Peter Bone, the Conservative MP for Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, has called on Nick Clegg to apologise or resign over claims he was prepared to describe the opponents of equal marriage as “bigots” in a speech
12 September 2012
Exclusive: Nick Clegg dismisses ‘bigot’ row and defends reshuffle changes 35 Nick Clegg is rejecting claims he was prepared to brand opponents of equal marriage “bigots” at a reception for the LGBT community.
7 September 2012
Comment: What the reshuffle means for LGBT support in the government 17 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Chris Ward sums up the LGBT ramifications of this week’s reshuffle and assesses the recent equality record of the main three parties.
7 September 2012
Tories criticise government appointment of David Laws 32 Nick Clegg has been accused of getting a “sixth” Lib Dem MP around the cabinet table after the London Evening Standard revealed it had been an “11th hour” fight to fully resurrect the political career of gay Lib Dem MP David Laws.
5 September 2012
Questions over new UK equalities minister’s gay voting record 46 Conservative MP for Basingstoke Maria Miller, who was appointed yesterday by David Cameron as culture secretary and has direct responsibility for the newly moved Government Equalities Office (GEO), is under the spotlight after a number of activists noted her questionable voting record on LGBT equality.
5 September 2012
UK Catholic Bishop says equal marriage is a ‘gathering storm’ for Christians 76 The Bishop of Shrewsbury, Rt Rev Mark Davies, has launched another attack on the government’s plans to introduce equal marriage.
17 August 2012
Pressure piles on Boris over @Out4Marriage video promise 35 The Mayor of London Boris Johnson is facing renewed calls to honour a commitment to record an Out4Marriage video after London Assembly Member Tom Copley submitted a formal question.

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