MPs back gay marriage bill
MPs have voted by 366 to 161, majority 205, to legalise gay marriage by giving the Government's controversial Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill a third reading.
MPs have voted by 366 to 161, majority 205, to legalise gay marriage by giving the Government's controversial Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill a third reading.
Divisions over plans to legalise gay marriage were exposed tonight as 70 MPs voted for a "wrecking" amendment designed to scupper the Government's controversial Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by allowing straight couples to take up civil partnerships.
In an article for ITV News, Conservative councillor Mary Douglas talks gay marriage and urges David Cameron to return to 'core values'.
David Cameron has defended the equal marriage bill while Nick Clegg claims a civil partnership amendment is laced with an "ulterior motive".