Matt Frei
Obama on gay marriage – a money-spinning electoral gamble
It’s already brought money flowing into his campaign coffers, but what will be the political fallout of President Obama’s decision to back gay marriage?
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Will criminalising forced marriages push them underground?
As the government announces plans to make forced marriages a criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, campaigners warn care will be needed to stop the issue being forced underground.
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Matt Frei
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The politics behind Obama’s same-sex marriage ‘evolution’
President Barack Obama’s support for same-sex marriage is as shrewd as it is bold, calculated to reinvigorate core supporters and young Democrats while courting Hollywood donors, analysts say.
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Gay marriage consultation launched
The government has launched a public consultation over plans to allow same sex couples to marry, while insisting it is not a question of whether the law is changed, but when.
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Catholic church steps up gay marriage opposition
Catholics are being urged to protect the “true meaning” of matrimony as a letter from two senior archbishops is read in 2,500 churches arguing against government plans for gay marriage.
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Cardinal attacks gay marriage plans
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, one of Britain’s most prominent Catholics, issues a fierce attack on proposals for gay marriage, calling them a “grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right”.
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Vicar jailed for sham marriage scam
Church of England vicar, Rev Canon Dr John Magumba, is jailed for two and a half years after admitting to carrying out 28 sham marriages allowing illegal immigrants to live in the UK.
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Faisal Islam
Mass house-building and localism: a difficult marriage
Yet another housing initiative is announced, but will it make up for the 260,000 planned homes that have been pulled by councils? Marrying local planning with the free market is a risk for the UK’s housing market.
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Train marriage proposal just the ticket for Lucy
When Lucy Rogers caught the 19.57 from Euston earlier this week, she was not expecting a serenade from a 25-strong choir, followed by a proposal of marriage from boyfriend Adam King.
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Is Britain divided over the issue of gay marriage?
As Glasgow’s Catholic archbishop questions plans in Scotland and the UK to allow full marriage rights to same-sex couples, Channel 4 News debates the issues surrounding gay marriage.
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Same-sex marriage law planned
The government reveals plans to launch a public consultation next year with a view to legislating for same-sex marriages before the next general election.
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Ed Miliband tweets ‘world’s luckiest guy’ before marriage
Labour leader Ed Miliband marries his long-term partner Justine Thornton in a civil ceremony, tweeting he “felt like the luckiest guy in the world”.
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Can marriage row prevent political divorce?
It seems like yesterday they were dewy-eyed newlyweds. But seven months on, the odd couple of British politics would like it to be known they are at loggerheads about marriage, writes Gaby Hinsliff.
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Ed Miliband: tax, Iraq and marriage
FactCheck looks at some of the claims Labour leader Ed Miliband makes in an interview with Channel 4 News
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Vicar jailed over bogus marriage scam
A Church of England vicar has been sentenced to four years in jail for his part in Britain’s biggest sham marriage fraud.
