Gary Gibbon
Tories give Lords a signal to create trouble over gay marriage
The fact that some 139 Tories voted against gay marriage is a giant signal to the Lords to create trouble when the bill gets there.
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Gay marriage: US Supreme Court hears historic cases
Two cases, two potentially historic rulings on the future of gay rights. Should same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry – and equal protection under the law?
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I support gay marriage: top Republican’s change of heart
Top Republican Senator Rob Portman says he now supports same-sex marriage after his son came out as gay – and reveals David Cameron helped inspire his change of heart.
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Can gay couples redefine the nuclear family?
Novelist Anne Atkins, writer Andrew Solomon, and Dan Gillespie Sells, singer with The Feeling, ask if same-sex parents are making us re-evaluate what we understand by family life.
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Deportation ‘crazy’ says Uganda gay play producer
A British theatre producer who spent five nights in a Ugandan police cell before being deported tells Channel 4 News his treatment was a throwback to the days of dictator Idi Amin.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Gay marriage: Tories split down the middle?
Amid predictions that Tories will be “ripping bits” out of each other during today’s gay marriage debate, how concerned should David Cameron be about possible political fallout?
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Gay marriage bill passed, despite Tory opposition
The government’s gay marriage bill is approved by the Commons, but a televised statement from David Cameron fails to stop scores of Conservative MPs from voting against the legislation.
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Gay marriage: current law ‘is sending mixed signals’
Sophie Carlile and Donna Marie Miller tell Channel 4 News why they think the law should change to allow them to marry, rather than have a civil partnership.
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Gay rights worldwide: from equality to homophobia
As David Cameron faces rebellion over his attempts to have same-sex marriage recognised, Channel 4 News examines gay rights across the world.
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Gay marriage bill: the key questions
Ahead of the government’s vote on same-sex marriage, Channel 4 News answers the key questions about the proposals, who wants what – and why it has caused so much controversy.
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Gay marriage will make our society stronger – Cameron
Ahead of a crunch vote on same-sex marriage, David Cameron makes a last-minute televised statement in the hope of convincing Conservative MPs to back his plans.
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Britain’s changing attitude to gay rights
Reporter Katie Razzall examines the long campaign for gay rights in the UK, from the 50s when it was illegal, to the vote to recognise same-sex marriage on Tuesday.
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Archbishop of Canterbury to enter gay marriage row
Justin Welby, the new archbishop of Canterbury, is set to say he is against gay marriage, ahead of a parliamentary vote that is expected to see 180 senior Tories opposing or abstaining.
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Fresh claims Tory gay marriage policy will cause damage
Conservative cabinet members, junior ministers and party enforcers are among around 180 MPs poised to oppose or abstain in a vote on gay marriage, it was claimed today.
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Government gay marriage proposals ‘unworkable’
The Government’s gay marriage proposals do not go far enough, according to a poll of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
