UK
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20 May 2013Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review 1 Confirming what a senior source in her department had told PinkNews.co.uk earlier, the Minister for Equalities Maria Miller has told the House of Commons that she will accept Labour's manuscript amendment on civil partnerships. -
20 May 2013MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs 6 An amendment proposed by Conservative MP Edward Leigh, a staunch equal marriage opponent, to amend the Equality Act in order to provide further legal protections for those who disagree with allowing gay couples to marry has been defeated by the House of Commons. -
20 May 2013Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’ 13 Former Conservative defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth has warned of the dangers of the "aggressive homosexual community". -
20 May 2013Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs 8 An amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill tabled by Conservative MP David Burrowes, urging for registrars to be allowed to opt out of performing marriages for gay couples, has been defeated by the House of Commons. -
20 May 2013Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships 1 The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has passed a motion to allow the ordination and appointment of ministers in same-sex relationships. -
20 May 2013Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron 1 The amendments to the same-sex marriage bill are demeaning to LGBT people. -
20 May 2013Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill + Liberal Democrat MPs are being encouraged to vote in favour of a Manuscript Amendment to the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, which would start an immediate consultation on civil partnerships for straight couples. -
20 May 2013Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert: MPs should vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill 3 Conservative MP Nick Herber has circulated an email urging MPs to vote in favour of a Manuscript Amendment to the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, which would start an immediate consultation on civil partnerships for straight couples. -
20 May 2013Exclusive: Government ‘relaxed’ on immediate review on the future of civil partnerships 5 A senior Government source has told PinkNews.co.uk that the Equalities Minister Maria Miller is "relaxed" on an immediate review on opposite sex civil partnerships. -
20 May 2013Stonewall shocked by violent homophobic south London attack 3 Stonewall has described a violent attack on a gay couple in south London as “shocking”. -
20 May 2013Speaker John Bercow announces MP’s office searched investigating a ‘serious arrestable offence’ + The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has made an announcement that an MP's office at Westminster, was searched at the weekend, during an investigation of a "serious arrestable offence". -
20 May 2013UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments 6 We have condensed the row and the possible alternatives in relation to straight civil partnerships and how this impacts on the same-sex marriage vote in one article.
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20 May 2013Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to ‘rescue’ same-sex marriage bill 15 Labour has launched a bid to protect the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, amid fears that a "wrecking amendment" extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples could stall the legislation. -
20 May 2013Downing Street: Equal marriage is the Prime Minister’s ‘paramount concern’ 13 David Cameron is in full support of equal marriage, and the matter of whether the Government supports equal marriage is not in question, a Downing Street spokesman has confirmed. -
20 May 2013Peter Tatchell: ‘MPs should vote for heterosexual civil partnerships’ 28 Peter Tachell notes the popularity of straight civil partnerships in the Netherlands in saying MPs should vote for civil partnerships for heterosexual couples in England and Wales. -
20 May 2013David Burrowes: I oppose all ‘dilutions’ of marriage 12 Tory MP David Burrowes has once again voiced his opposition to same-sex marriage, and has revealed he will not be voting for an amendment to the bill allowing opposite-sex couples to have civil partnerships either. -
20 May 2013Yvette Cooper: ‘David Cameron must show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into Tory wrangling’ 4 Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Yvette Cooper, says she hopes “David Cameron will show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into another vortex of bitter Tory wrangling.” -
20 May 2013Live blog: MPs debate and vote on same-sex marriage and opposite sex civil partnerships 1 The House of Commons debate same-sex marriage and whether opposite sex couples should be allowed to have civil partnerships. -
20 May 2013Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment 42 The Government may withdraw its support for the pending equal marriage bill for England and Wales, if an amendment to allow civil partnerships to straight couples passes. -
20 May 2013Nick Clegg: ‘I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn’t get hijacked by those with ulterior motives’ 19 Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says he will not allow Tory opponents to succeed in wrecking the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
