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• GAY MARRIAGE LEGALIZED BRA AFTER QUEEN GIV ROYAL STAMP OF APPROVAL
• FIRST COUPL WED AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL UK
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• I WATCHED ONE OF BRA'S FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDGS
• GAY MARRIAGE

GAY MARRIAGE LEGALIZED BRA AFTER QUEEN GIV ROYAL STAMP OF APPROVAL

July 17, 2013, 2:09 PM UTCLONDON -- Bra has legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal stamp of approval on of Commons Speaker John Berw told lawmakers that the royal assent had been given — the day after the bill to legalize same-sex marriage England and Wal cleared Parliament. It clears the way for the first gay marriag next summer.

The bill enabl gay upl to get married both civil and relig ceremoni England and Wal. It also will allow upl who had prevly entered to a civil partnership to nvert their relatnship to a Associated PrsRelated:Costa Ri may get gay marriage after legislature's 'accintal' voteFirst gay marriage celebrated FranceNew Zealand be 13th untry to legalize gay marriage. The first same-sex marriag Bra were held early Saturday morng after gay marriage beme legal at midnight.

“Congratulatns to the gay upl who have already been married – and my bt wish to those about to be on this historic day, ” Uned Kgdom Prime Mister David Cameron tweeted Saturday morng. Polls show about two-thirds of people the untry support gay unns, the Associated Prs reports.

FIRST COUPL WED AS GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL UK

Gay upl England have been allowed to enter “civil partnerships, ” nferrg the same legal rights as marriage, sce 2005.

Bra banned schools and thori om “promotg” homosexualy until 2003. The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage. As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot.

) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.

I WATCHED ONE OF BRA'S FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDGS

“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative.

Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours.

GAY MARRIAGE

Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay change reveals some eper shifts.

Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”. Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg. But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag.