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Gay marriage vaults over first hurdle in the House of Lords
The House of Lords rejects a bid to block plans to legalise gay marriage with a thumping majority. The battle could be over sooner than might have been thought.
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The House of Lords rejects a bid to block plans to legalise gay marriage with a thumping majority. The battle could be over sooner than might have been thought.
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The 136 Tory rebels who voted against the gay marriage bill will hope it sends a message to the Lords to do their worst with it.
Labour says it will not support a Conservative amendment to the government’s gay marriage plans that could have seen the legislation derailed. But the government suffers a setback in the Commons.
As some MPs propose the same-sex marriage bill is amended to allow civil partnerships for heterosexuals, Channel 4 News hears why some would say “I don’t” to marriage – but “I do” to a civil partner.
Two Conservative MPs with opposing views on gay marriage – Margot James, and David Burrowes, discuss the issue.
A vote in the New Zealand parliament to legalise gay marriage is greeted with cheers and singing from campaigners in the public gallery.
David Cameron is alienating Christians by promoting gay marriage, according to the former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey.