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Contents:

• MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE
• MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST
• GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL SPE CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCH OPPOSN
• WHY GAY MARRIAGE HAS EXPOSED CONSERVATIVE DIVISNS
• WHY NSERVATIV SHOULD WELE GAY MARRIAGE
• CONSERVATIV SPL AS FIRST GAY MARRIAGE VOTE PASS
• GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE DIVISIVE AMONG CONSERVATIV
• MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN

MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

Media ptn, The rult of the vote on gay marriage was read out to a packed Hoe of CommonsMPs have approved same-sex marriage England and Wal a key Commons vote, spe the opposn of almost half the Conservative MPs. Marriage is about love and mment, and should no longer be nied to people jt bee they are gay.

It is gay marriage which has released that marriage was always certa to e a fur row sce challeng scere relig beliefs, eply-rooted social nservatism and a mistst of the metropolan ele who are blamed for imposg an iology of legally enforced equaly on the untry. Many believe that their lear only embraced gay marriage as part of his obssn wh mornisg the Tori and/or to claim cred for a measure the Lib Dems were termed to drive through. There may be some tth both but talkg to senr Tori about gay marriage remds me of talkg to Tony Blair about Iraq.

They really do believe gay marriage. David Cameron jt told the Tory nference that he supported gay marriage.

MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST

In last week’s issue of the Spectator, Douglas Murray said that the bt arguments favour of gay marriage are nservative on. In Ameri a new generatn of Republins is challengg the tradnal nsens of their party on gay marriage. Though not exactly polil learship, this neverthels nstut a change — not least stealg the mantle of gay equaly om the left.

for gay marriage are nservative on. Among them are those claimg that givg gays the right to marry somehow stabilis heterosexual marriage.

Has any man abandoned his wife bee of gay marriage? Tory MP Edward Leigh worri that if gays are allowed to marry,. Few sights polics are que as risible as the male polician full, puffg flight om an issue of basic gay equaly.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL SPE CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCH OPPOSN

But te nservativ should wele gay marriage. For s creasg acceptance across civilised untri reprents not the makg gay of marriage but the makg nservative of gays.

sire of an creasg number of gay men and women to have their stable and lifelong relatnships regnised equally by fay, iends and society as a whole monstrat the rpect of. Those who fear or dislike perceived aspects of gay life should particularly wele gay acceptance to the maral fold.

WHY GAY MARRIAGE HAS EXPOSED CONSERVATIVE DIVISNS

An aspect of male ‘gay life’ some heterosexuals claim to have a. Whether this is realy any more distctive than among straight people, gay marriage offers a remedy, givg gays, like straights, a public and. Perhaps gay marriage will enurage more straight people back on to the maral path?

Of urse the argument most monly ma agast gay marriage is the worst of all: the relig argument. of a verse the book of Levic was her jtifitn for argug agast any rights for gays.

Nohels, if gays are allowed to marry there should be give and take.

WHY NSERVATIV SHOULD WELE GAY MARRIAGE

Future generatns of married people, straight and gay, will thank them for . LONDON (Rters) - Parliament voted heavily favour of legalisg gay marriage on Tuday, but Prime Mister David Cameron’s thory his own party took a blow as his Conservativ spl two over the measure he had Christian activist Carl Hambl protts outsi the Ho of Parliament before a ee vote on gay marriage, London Febary 5, 2013.

Although the vote went Cameron’s way, many analysts believe he will now have to addrs a ep seam of disntent nng through his ma a last mute televised statement ahead of the vote, argug gay marriage would make society stronger. It helps people to m to each other, and I thk that’s why gay people should be able to get married too, ” he later hailed the rult of the vote as “a step forward for our untry”. “He hasn’t got a lot of polil pal left the bank, ” Stewart Jackson, a Conservative MP who oppos the gay marriage bill, told Rters before the vote.

GRIEVANCES AGAINST CAMERONConservative MPs’ grievanc are many: that Cameron is “arrogant”, that he is too fond of the European Unn, that the party’s polici have been diluted by s aln partner after Cameron failed to w the last electn outright, and a naggg fear that he will not w the next gay marriage iative has furiated rank-and-file party activists and a prott letter signed by 25 past and prent chairmen of lol Conservative associatns warned that members were startg to rign over the Welby, the newly elected Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the world’s 80 ln Anglins, ed his first ments after beg nfirmed on Monday to reerate his own opposn to gay wh strong opposn om the Anglin and Catholic church, the law would not force them to nduct gay marriag, but crics say gay people may lnch legal challeng.

CONSERVATIV SPL AS FIRST GAY MARRIAGE VOTE PASS

A YouGov poll for the Sunday Tim on Sunday showed 55 percent favoured legalisg gay marriage, while 36 percent opposed . It would also allow civil partners to nvert their partnerships to marriage supporters say that while existg civil partnerships for same-sex upl afford the same legal rights as marriage, the distctn impli they are a sometim emotnal bate on Tuday, several gay MPs om different parti took to their feet to mend the bill, scribg the prejudice they had suffered growg up. “Millns will be watchg today, ” said Nick Herbert, a gay Conservative MP.

“Not jt gay people but people who want to live an equal society. ”The vote was warmly weled by Cameron’s junr aln partners, the Lib Dems, and by the opposn Labour party, while gay rights group Stonewall lled the rult “a tly historic step forward”.

GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE DIVISIVE AMONG CONSERVATIV

“For Cameron, gay marriage is part of his attempt to persua the voters that his party belongs to morn, 21st century Bra, ” he wrote on the pollster’s se.

“But the divisns that the gay marriag bill has unleashed... ”Wh the next electn still two-and-a-half years distant, there is a risk that ternal party spls over issu like gay marriage uld fter and turn what for now is only talk of a possible learship challenge to the real thg.

“David Cameron has spl the Conservative Party half on gay marriage and failed to w a majory of Tory MPs. Jam Cleverly says ‘flex and promise’ need on both sis untry that crimalis homosexualy. Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailMembers of Parliament have overwhelmg endorsed historic legislatn that will give gay upl the equal right to half a century after homosexualy was legalised Bra the Hoe of Commons voted by a majory of 400 to 175 to refe marriage and make available to embarrassgly for David Cameron he failed to get a majory of his own MPs to support the move.

MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN

There were 75 Clegg hailed the rult as a “landmark for equaly Bra” which showed “no matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal” while Ed Miliband said was “an important step forward the fight for equaly” Cameron said that while “strong views” existed on both sis he believed votg for gay people beg able to marry was “a step forward for our untry”.

A number of Labour and Liberal Democrats also chose to vote agast the Bill which will now face a bisg passage through mtee and the Hoe of Lords before almost certaly beg law later this the dismay of gay marriage supporters neher Mr Cameron nor the strg of senr Conservative misters who have recently e out to back the change sat the Commons as the Culture Secretary Maria Miller outled the Government's recent days Mr Cameron has also cled to reerate his public support for the Bill wh Downg Street sistg was a genuely ee vote. “Marriage helps people m to each other and I thk is right that gay people should be able to get married too, ” he said. But is also about makg our society stronger”Ms Miller said the bill would allow society to regnise law that gay upl had the same “pth of feelg, love and mment” as heterosexual upl.