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13 June 2013
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill 14 Lord Hylton, the peer who accused gay people of stealing the word ‘gay’ from its original meaning, has tabled a new wrecking amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
12 June 2013
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning ‘traditional marriage’ 57 Lord Dear is proposing a new amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill), protecting those who believe marriage is “the union of one man and one woman for life to the exclusion of all others.”
7 June 2013
Labour fear Lord Dear will table a new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill 43 Labour peer Lord Alli believes the equal marriage opponent and crossbench peer Lord Dear is still intent on trying to derail the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – although Lord Dear denies the claims.
6 June 2013
Ann Widdecombe: I wouldn’t have enjoyed serving under David Cameron because of equal marriage 65 Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe says she wouldn’t have enjoyed being in the current Coalition Government because of its support for equal marriage.
5 June 2013
Tory Faith Minister Baroness Warsi abstains in equal marriage Lords vote 51 Having previously indicated she would vote in favour, Baroness Warsi, refused to support the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in last night’s House of Lords vote.
4 June 2013
Labour Lord Collins: ‘Passing equal marriage in the Lords will show LGBT people are equal’ 8 Labour peer Lord Collins has paid tribute to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron "for being prepared to stand up and be counted" when it comes to supporting equal marriage.
4 June 2013
Lord Hylton: Gay people have stolen the word ‘gay’ and it no longer has a ‘delightful meaning’ 48 Speaking during yesterday’s second reading debate of the marriage bill Lord Hylton claimed gay people had stolen the word 'gay' from its original meaning.
4 June 2013
Lord Tebbit: ‘Homosexual men are already equal, subject to the laws on incest and bigamy’ 36 Lord Tebbit launched another attack on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill during last night's debate in the House of Lords, declaring the current "rights of a homosexual man are identical to mine".
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
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.
31 May 2013
Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes faces wrath of local party for abstaining in equal marriage vote 29 The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Simon Hughes, has been criticised in an open letter by Lib Dem members in his south London constituency for abstaining in this month’s vote of the same-sex marriage bill.
31 May 2013
LobbyALord launched to help encourage peers to come Out4Marriage in equal marriage debate 24 A new website has been launched in order to make it easy for members of the public to lobby peers in the House of Lords ahead of next week's second reading of the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill.
30 May 2013
Labour says government is ‘lashing out’ at ‘poor handling’ of equal marriage bill 16 The shadow minister for equalities Kate Green has accused the government of "lashing out at the Labour Party" over the "poor handling of the same-sex marriage bill".
28 May 2013
Scottish Lib Dem leader writes equal marriage letter to SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon 5 Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has written to the SNP Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to urge her to press ahead with plans for equal marriage in Scotland.
16 May 2013
Lib Dem MPs to be given free vote on all aspects of the same-sex marriage bill 11 Liberal Democrat MPs are to be given a free vote on all aspects of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, it has been revealed.
25 January 2013
Labour MP Steve Reed: The battle for equality is not yet over 7 Writing for PinkNews, Steve Reed, Labour MP for Croydon North and Patron of LGBT Labour welcomes the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – but warns “this is no time to rest on our achievements.”
14 December 2009
Coalition calls on Lords to reject religious exemptions in Equality Bill 12 A coalition of liberal religious and social justice groups is calling on the House of Lords to reject religious opt-outs from the Equality Bill.

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