<p><strong>Adam Wagner</strong>: Deputy lear of the Liberal Democrats' ments on gay marriage may be the end of a long and tortuo road for mpaigners</p>
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WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
Explore the latt YouGov pollg, survey rults and articl about Gay marriage. * support for gay marriage uk *
More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry. Northern Ireland is the 18th European jurisdictn to legalize gay marriage. The Czech Republic is the only untry out of 19 surveyed Central and Eastern Europe where a majory of adults (65%) support gay marriage.
The puty lear of the Liberal Democrats has said that gay upl are likely to ga full rights to marriage unr the current Parliament.
HAS THE TIME E FOR GAY MARRIAGE THE UK?
This would reprent a revolutn for gay rights, but there is still a long way to go before same-sex upl achieve full rights to marriage as they are arguably entled to unr human rights Hugh MP has told, a qutn and answer webse, that Liberal Democrat MPs would be nsulted on the rights of gay upl.
He said "I don't know the answer bee we haven't had the discsn", but that "I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't all be able to support what Nick Clegg said, which is that would be appropriate Bra 2010-11 for there to be the abily to have civil marriage for straight people and gay people equally. As a mentator on Pk News put , they "were a fantastic tone for gays and lbians but is clear now they are not good enough. Ined, the urts have recent tim sought to enforce gay rights.