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.
Tory MP's amendment is out to 'wreck' gay marriage bill
A Tory MP's amendment calling for civil partnerships for opposite-sex couples has been criticised as a "deliberate attempt to wreck" the gay marriage bill by a Lib Dem minister.
Lynne Featherstone, an international development minister, said Tim Loughton's measure aimed to introduce extra issues to "make it easier for opponents of equal marriage in Parliament to then filibuster, delay and block the legislation."
Writing on her personal blog site, Ms Featherstone said she was fully supportive of a general move to widen the scope of civil partnership.
But she warned that the drive for change should not come from "the likes of Tim Loughton and others who are avowed and determined opponents of equal marriage."
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The Tories left bewildered by Bill on gay marriage
In an article for ITV News, Conservative councillor Mary Douglas talks gay marriage and urges David Cameron to return to 'core values'.
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Cameron and Clegg defend stance on gay marriage
David Cameron has defended the equal marriage bill while Nick Clegg claims a civil partnership amendment is laced with an "ulterior motive".