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VIDEO: Gay marriage debate highlights
London :: United Kingdom | 12 hours ago
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Clips from the debate, with Culture Secretary Maria Miller, Labour MP Shaun Woodward, and Tory MPs Tim Loughton, Nick Herbert and Sir Gerald Howarth. Watch more clips of films and interviews ; 'like' us on our Facebook page; watch the Sunday
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Church of Scotland to Allow Gay Clergy in Historic Shift
Aberdeen :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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The church's ruling general assembly voted to allow congregations to admit gay ministers but only if they specifically elect to do so, in a radical departure from more than 450 years of orthodoxy set in train by the protestant reformer John Knox.
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Gay marriage plans return to Commons
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
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Gay marriage bill returns to Commons The bill is set to be debated over two days Plans to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales return to the Commons later, amid continuing opposition from some Conservative activists and MPs. The Marriage
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Tories attack PM over gay marriage
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
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Tory activists attack David Cameron on gay marriage The bill is due to be debated for two days from Monday David Cameron's support for gay marriage has made winning the general election "virtually impossible", Conservative activists have said...They
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Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, abandons his support for civil partnerships for heterosexual couples
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has abandoned his support for allowing heterosexual couples to enter into civil partnerships under pressure from the church hierarchy. His climbdown will be welcomed by the Government as it looks to finally
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French same-sex wedding law signed.
The French leader, François Hollande, has marked a regulation authorising same-sex couples to wed and take up young kids, after months of road protests, political slanging matches and a increase in homophobic attacks.
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Gay marriage across the world
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
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France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage on Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate and protests...Netherlands: On April 1, 2001 the Netherlands became the
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Philip Hammond taken to task over anti-gay rights record
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
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Philip Hammond was one of four cabinet ministers not to vote in favour of gay marriage (he abstained along with Attorney General Dominic Grieve; Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and Welsh Secretary David Jones voted against) and the Defence
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Campaigners: Government's promised review on civil partnerships for straight couples is a 'spoling tactic'
Loughton :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
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Suggested Topics Campaigners who say that heterosexuals should have the same rights as gays to enter into civil partnerships accused the Government of introducing a spoiling tactic' to try to block or delay the reform. The Culture, Media and Sports
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The high cost of same-sex divorce
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago
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While same-sex couples across the country fight for the right to marry, others are fighting for the right to divorce. A patchwork of state marriage laws and the federal Defense of Marriage Act has made the process of unraveling a relationship
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