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24 May 2013Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was ‘repulsed’ by gays and lesbians + The DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr was challenged on Question Time about his 2007 interview where he said that he was "repulsed" by gays and lesbians. -
24 May 2013US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage 1 The Nevada Assembly today passed a resolution which could eventually lead to a repeal of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. -
23 May 2013Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but we don’t do them 41 Speaking to Sir David Frost, the Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, has rejected a suggestion that he had “come out strongly” against same-sex unions. -
23 May 2013Cornwall: Tory deputy chair Sarah Newton defends abstaining in equal marriage Commons vote 15 MP Sarah Newton, also a deputy chair of the Conservative Party, is defending herself from claims she broke a promise to her constituents after abstaining in this week’s vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. -
23 May 2013Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe homosexuals 53 Responding to a letter from a PinkNews.co.uk reader, Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth says he should have used the word “militant” rather than “aggressive” when describing parts of the “homosexuality community.” -
23 May 2013Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained 20 Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh has been criticised for voting against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – as both Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes, party president Tim Farron and Health Minister Norman Lamb abstained in this week’s vote. -
23 May 2013Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur 64 Former Conservative defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth has defended his comments about the “aggressive homosexual community”. -
23 May 2013Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’ 10 London Evening Standard columnist Richard Godwin jokes Sir Gerald Howarth’s recent comments about the “aggressive homosexual community” maybe because “he really does dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him.” -
23 May 2013David Cameron called ‘marriage wrecker’ and warned of ‘long battle’ over equal marriage in House of Lords 47 Equal marriage opponents have called David Cameron a "marriage wrecker", over equal marriage, and warned that a bill to legalise it will face a "long, protracted battle", in the House of Lords. -
22 May 2013Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage 10 Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has urged the Scottish Government to press ahead with plans to introduce equal marriage in light of last night’s vote at Westminster. -
22 May 2013Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate 7 As the equal marriage bill for England and Wales passed its third reading in the House of Commons yesterday, supporters rejoiced, opponents complained. -
22 May 2013France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage 23 Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right Front National (FN), has paid tribute to writer and historian who shot himself dead after denouncing equal marriage and immigration in a blog post. -
22 May 2013Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed 23 Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has released a lengthy statement, defending his record on equality, after he used colourful language at a Labour student in Leeds who accused him of trying to wreck the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill). -
22 May 2013Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe 18 Stuart Andrew, the gay Conservative MP for Pudsey, has criticised Aldershot MP Sir Gerald Howarth who warned on Monday of an "aggressive homosexuality community". -
22 May 2013David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote 63 Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron has passionately defended his controversial bill to make same-sex marriage legal arguing that it could transform the lives of young LGBT people. -
22 May 2013Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’ 2 Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Yvette Cooper made a speech urging MPs to vote in favour of a bill to allow equal marriage in England and Wales, just before it passed in the House of Commons with an overwhelming majority. -
22 May 2013Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’ 6 The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, is today to warn David Cameron and the Conservative party that it must "get back to governing", and stop infighting over equal marriage, and the EU. -
22 May 2013Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many 8 Shadow public health minister Diane Abbott made an impassioned speech in the lead up to the vote on the equal marriage bill for England and Wales, following its third reading today, in which she described it as "a momentous piece of legislation". -
21 May 2013Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come 12 In her address to the Commons, shortly before MPs passed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill), Culture Secretary and Equalities Minister, Maria Miller said “now is the time” for equal marriage. -
21 May 2013Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading 13 Writing exclusively for PinkNews, Angela Eagle, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, reflects on the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, which passed its third reading in the House of Commons tonight.
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