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May 22, 2013

Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed

Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has released a lengthy statement, defending his record on equality, after he used colourful language at a Labour student in Leeds who accused him of trying to wreck the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill).

May 22, 2013

Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row

Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has used highly colourful language in a row with a student over his actions during the third reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.

May 22, 2013

UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he will not expel UKIP members for voicing "old-fashioned" views about homosexuality, including those who describe it as “disgusting”

May 22, 2013

Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe

Stuart Andrew, the gay Conservative MP for Pudsey, has criticised Aldershot MP Sir Gerald Howarth who warned on Monday of an "aggressive homosexuality community".

May 22, 2013

David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote

Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron has passionately defended his controversial bill to make same-sex marriage legal arguing that it could transform the lives of young LGBT people.

May 22, 2013

Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’

Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Yvette Cooper made a speech urging MPs to vote in favour of a bill to allow equal marriage in England and Wales, just before it passed in the House of Commons with an overwhelming majority.

May 22, 2013

US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill

An amendment to a broad immigration bill just passed by the US Senate Judiciary Committee, which would have allowed binational same-sex couples to sponsor their partners, was dropped in an effort to ensure that the bill passed.

May 22, 2013

Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, is today to warn David Cameron and the Conservative party that it must "get back to governing", and stop infighting over equal marriage, and the EU.

May 21, 2013

Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many

Shadow public health minister Diane Abbott made an impassioned speech in the lead up to the vote on the equal marriage bill for England and Wales, following its third reading today, in which she described it as "a momentous piece of legislation".

May 21, 2013

MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill

128 Conservative MPs voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill as part of its third reading on Tuesday evening – along with 14 MPs from Labour and 4 Lib Dems.