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Contents:

• MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST
• MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE
• MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• GOP NGRSMAN VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL THEN ATTENDS GAY SON'S WEDDG
• GAY MARRIAGE: MPS VOTE FAVOUR LEAV CAMERON ADRIFT OM TORI
• MPS GET EE VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE BILL: HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE? MAP
• HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GAY MARRIAGE BILL?
• GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL IN COMMONS VOTE

MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST

Mark Takano, D-Calif., the first openly gay person of lor Congrs. 5, 2022Follow our live verage of the Supreme Court heargs that ps ee speech agast gay rights. Nightclub his state, which five people were killed, unrsred the importance of fendg the rights of gay Amerins.

MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

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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. 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.

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

“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.

"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'.

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CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

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. Enter your post to see how your MP voted on issu around gay marriage and gay rights.

We’ve analysed every vote sce the 2010 electn, so you n see how your MP affected legislatn on key gay issu such as same sex marriage and equal gay rights. Jt click the ‘send a msage’ button to tell them what you thk of their votg rerd on gay marriage. If the Rpect for Marriage Act pass the Senate and is signed by the print, will repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, ensurg the regnn of same-sex marriage across the board, providg a fn of marriage for feral purpos to clu gay marriage, and prohibg any person actg unr lor of state law om "failg to give full effect to an out of state marriage" on the basis of sex, race, genr, or natnal 47 Republins who voted favor of the bill clud a number of Republins who reprent swg districts, cludg Reps.

GOP NGRSMAN VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL THEN ATTENDS GAY SON'S WEDDG

Hodg cisn of legalizg gay David Cicille, a Rho Island Democrat, is a sponsor of the bill and the fourth openly gay member of Congrs. Mark Pon, a gay Wisns Democrat, told Insir he found "ironic that the party that their own members have acced them of havg e-filled i is more worried about my marriage than their ternal stggl.

(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Imag)Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U. Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California's Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is "a fundamental right. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS VOTE FAVOUR LEAV CAMERON ADRIFT OM TORI

Glenn Thompson was one of 157 Hoe Republins to vote agast the Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., nfirmed that he attend his gay son's weddg on Friday -- jt days after votg agast a bill that would dify feral protectns for same-sex marriage. Parliament took a historic step towards embracg full equaly for gay people when MPs voted on Tuday overwhelmgly favour of equal marriage at the end of a charged Commons bate that exposed the ep rift over David Cameron's mornisg agenda at the heart of the Conservative 225-vote majory, greeted wh rare applse the public gallery, was marred for the prime mister, who suffered a huiatg rebuff when more than half of the parliamentary Tory party cled to support the ernment on an issue he has personally vted Paterson, the environment secretary, led an unofficial rebelln by an timated 136 Tory MPs rejectg Cameron's plea. He tweeted: "Strong views exist on both sis but I believe MPs votg for gay people beg able to marry too, is a step forward for our untry.

Marriage is about love and mment, and should no longer be nied to people jt bee they are gay. "Ben Summerskill, the chief executive of Stonewall, said: "As the last piece of the legislative jigsaw providg equaly for gay people Bra, this is a tly historic step forward. David Cameron is to give MPs a ee vote on gay marriage followg warngs om Conservative backbenchers that any move to e the whip agast MPs uld e "ser divisns" wh the climbdown will be seen as an attempt to avoid spltg the Tory party amid strong opposn some quarters, spe the prime mister's strong backg for the proposals.

A formal nsultatn on how civil marriage will be reformed England and Wal began earlier this year, but the proposals have proved ntroversial for some wh Cameron's ernment, cludg the Northern Ireland secretary, Owen a letter to a nstuent published on the PolicsHome, Paterson said: "Havg nsired this matter refully, I am aaid that I have e to the cisn not to support gay marriage. "The children's mister, Tim Loughton, last week ma the se for the issue of gay marriage to be a matter of personal nscience "rather than of party polil le or stutnalised agenda" wrote on his webse: "The prime mister has clearly set out his reasons for beg favour of gay marriage and I rpect his right to do so.

MPS GET EE VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE

"As such, I have to say that my stct is not to support the proposals and, as stands, I tend to vote agast measur to legalise gay marriage" fence secretary, Philip Hammond, has said gay marriage was not a prry and the ernment had to foc "on the thgs that matter to the people this untry" MP Stewart Jackson, who rigned as Paterson's former parliamentary private secretary over last wter's vote on whether to hold a referendum on Bra's membership of the European Unn, told PolicsHome on Wednday that any move to whip MPs would e "ser divisns".

GAY MARRIAGE BILL: HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE? MAP

He add: "So I don't support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative, I support gay marriage bee I'm a Conservative. How did your MP vote on the marriage (same sex upl) bill to legalise gay marriage? Vot the gay marriage bill.

Although the gay marriage vote passed fortably by 225 vot wh support om all the major parti, there were signifint areas of ristance.

Gay marriage vote map. David Cameron has succeed phg through plans for gay marriage but his party has been torn two by the ntroversial Prime Mister hailed the vote, which was won by a big marg of 400 to 175 - a majory of 225, as a "step forward for our untry".

HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GAY MARRIAGE BILL?

Conservative Stewart Jackson wrote on Twter: "David Cameron has spl the Conservative Party half on gay marriage and failed to w a majory of Tory MPs.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL IN COMMONS VOTE

But more than 50 Tori did vote agast the timetable, argug that the proposals should be sctised by the Hoe rather than a mtee of Cameron, wrg on Twter after the vote, said: "Strong views exist on both sis but I believe MPs votg for gay people beg able to marry too, is a step forward for our untry. "Marriage is about love and mment and should no longer be nied to people jt bee they are gay, " he said.

Gay Marriage To 'Make UK Stronger'.