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3 June 2013Baroness Knight: Parliament can’t help blind people see, so can’t help ‘artistic’ gays get married 128 During the equal marriage debate during the second reading of the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, Tory peer Baroness Jill Knight, who introduced Section 28, compared being gay to being blind, said that gay people were "delightful, very artistic", and said the bill was "built on lies". -
3 June 2013Baroness Royall: I urge my noble friends to support equal marriage 4 Labour's Leader in the House of Lords, Baroness Royall, says she hopes the Upper House "will be convinced" to vote in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill) as part of its second reading. -
3 June 2013Tory Baroness Stowell opens equal marriage debate with a joke about her love of George Clooney 7 Baroness Stowell of Beeston, the Conservative peer with responsibility to take the same-sex marriage bill through the House of Lords opened the debate on equality with a passionate speech that included a joke about wanting George Clooney to propose to her. -
3 June 2013Over eight thousand LobbyALord messages sent to peers to support equal marriage 9 Using the new site from Out4Marriage, to enable members of the public to LobbyALord to support equal marriage during the current equal marriage debate, over 8,000 messages have been sent to peers. -
3 June 2013Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: I support equality but cannot vote for the equal marriage bill 21 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has spoken during the debate on the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, to say that, despite personally supporting equality, and saying he regretted the church's treatment of LGBT people, he would not support it. -
3 June 2013Terrence Higgins Trust calls for male HPV vaccine after Michael Douglas’s cancer oral sex claims 10 The Terrence Higgins Trust is reiterating calls for the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination programme to include gay and bisexual men following Hollywood actor Michael Douglas’s comments about oral cancer. -
3 June 2013Lord Dear: Equal marriage will lead to ‘children acting out gay weddings in class’ 53 Speaking during the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill's second reading in the House of Lords, former chief constable of the West Midlands, Lord Dear, said that moves towards equal marriage meant the rights of gay people were "outstripping" the rights of families, and that children will be made to "act out gay weddings in class", if it passes. -
3 June 2013Cambridge University law students face graphic ‘sex offence’ question 8 Reactions of law students at Cambridge University ranged from amusement to disgust as they sat an exam which asked them to consider the legality of scenarios including forced pubic hair waxing and male-on-male oral sex. -
3 June 2013House of Lords equal marriage debate begins 10 Peers have begun debating the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the Lords as part of its second reading. -
3 June 2013Live: Watch the House of Lords same-sex marriage debate 15 You can watch the House of Lords debate on the Marriage (Same sex couples) Bill live on PinkNews -
3 June 2013House 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 2013BBC apologises for broadcast on ‘curing’ Clare Balding of being a lesbian 39 The BBC has been criticised for broadcasting an offensive radio segment in which pundits discussed "curing" lesbian TV presenter Clare Balding of being gay. -
3 June 2013Former 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 2013Baroness 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 2013Lord Carey rants about marriage but agrees with the merits of a corporate GMail account with PinkNews reader 15 The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has ranted by email that marriage can only be between one man and one woman and discussed the merits of a corporate Google Mail (GMail) account with a PinkNews reader. -
3 June 2013Senior Anglican warns equal marriage could force the Queen to break ‘the laws of God’ 58 The former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir Ali, says introducing equal marriage could force the Queen to break a sovereign promise. -
3 June 2013Yvette 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. -
2 June 2013Lord Alli: The Church of England is hypocritical for opposing equal marriage 50 Lord Waheed Alli, Labour peer and one of just a handful of openly gay Muslim politicians globally, has said he believes many peers who now oppose same-sex marriage will come to regret their views in time. -
2 June 2013Archbishop of Canterbury to call for amendments to equal marriage bill 76 In the upcoming vote on equal marriage legislation in the House of Lords, the Archbishop of Canterbury will call for concessions to be made for teachers and faith schools, as the Church of England has reportedly "resigned" itself to same-sex marriage becoming law. -
2 June 2013Tory Grassroots warn equal marriage will smash family values 74 Tory activists have urged the House of Lords to reject the same-sex marriage bill in Tuesdays vote, arguing it will weaken the bringing up of children and devalue the family.
