How your MP voted on gay marriage / mySociety

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• MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN
• GAY MARRIAGE BILL: HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE? MAP
• MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE
• GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL SPE CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCH OPPOSN
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
• MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN

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

Wednday's nfirmatory vote was due to take place at the 2020 nference but that was ncelled bee of the Covid-19 chang mean the Methodist Church now holds two parallel fns of marriage - one posn says "marriage n only be between a man and a woman" and the other that "marriage n be between any two people" officials hope the dual fn will persua nservative church not to leave and protect misters om discrimatn claims if they refe to marry gay Rev Sonia Hicks, print of the Methodist Conference, said: "The bate today and our wir nversatn has been nducted wh grace and mutual rpect. 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.

GAY MARRIAGE BILL: HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE? MAP

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.

MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

"The ayMike Freer (Con)“When lleagu talk about gay marriage makg them physilly sick or suggtg is a step toward legimisg polygamy or ct they need to remember that there are people volved. Let me say to honourable members who would say 'he would say that he's a gay man'. ”Timele: 500 years of gay rights Bra1533 Buggery Act: Bra's first civil sodomy law passed durg the reign of Henry VIII1861 Offenc Agast the Person Act remov ath penalty for sodomy1885 Labouchere Amendment troduc offence of gross cency – practice, the law is ed to prosecute homosexuals when sodomy uld not be proven1895 Osr Wil sentenced to two years' hard labour for gross cency1954 Lord Montagu imprisoned for 12 months for “nsensual homosexual offenc” landmark se along wh two other men1957 Wolfenn Report nclus: “Homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence”1965 Tory Whip Lord Arran propos the crimalisatn of homosexual acts1966 Conservative MP Humphry Berkeley propos crimalisatn.

Labour MP Leo Abse tak up the issue and persuas Home Secretary Roy Jenks to support him1967 Sexual Offenc Act allows homosexual acts private between nsentg men aged over 21 England and Wal.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL SPE CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCH OPPOSN

Homosexual behavur remas illegal elsewhere the UK1981 Homosexualy crimalised Stland and Northern Ireland the followg year1988 Lol Government Act prohibs “the tentnal promotn of homosexualy” a provisn known as Sectn 281992 Homosexualy crimalised Isle of Man1994 Age of nsent rced to 18 by the Crimal Jtice and Public Orr Act1999 Liftg of ban on gays armed forc2000 Age of nsent equalised at 162002 Adoptn and Children Act allows same-sex upl to adopt2003 Sectn 28 repealed2004 Civil Partnership Act: same-sex upl granted same rights as those civil marriag2007 Sexual Orientatn Regulatns prohib discrimatn provisn of goods and servic on grounds of sexual orientatn2008 Offence of hate crime troduced on grounds of sexual or genr inty2009 David Cameron apologis over troductn of Sectn 28; same-sex upl given equal rights to IVF2011 Civil partnerships allowed plac of worship.

How did your MP vote on the marriage (same sex upl) bill to legalise gay marriage? Vot the gay marriage bill.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

Church of England prits will be permted to bls the civil marriag of same-sex upl a profound shift the church’s stance on homosexualy after a historic vote by s erng first blsgs for gay upl uld happen this summer. ”Nigel Pietroni, the chair of the Campaign for Equal Marriage the C of E, said the cisn “falls short of what we ultimately believe is the only oute for radil cln – equal marriage for all people”, but was “a small step forward” gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The offer of blsgs to same-sex partners is an sult.

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

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.

Image source, PA MediaImage ptn, The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Jt Welby, warned the Church's parliament not to give to the "fear of a slippery slope" when batg plans to bls same-sex uplThe Church of England has backed proposals to allow prayers of blsg for same sex posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry plans, set out by bishops last month, have been cricised om those who thk they go too far and those who thk they don't go far the motn was passed all three of synod's 'ho'. Prits will have the optn to bls gay upl but n opt out.