David Cameron apologis to gay people for sectn 28 | David Cameron | The Guardian

Contents:

• DAVID CAMERON: GAY PRI? OF URSE I HAVE GAY PRI!
• DAVID CAMERON: MY WIFE SAMANTHA NVCED ME TO TRODUCE GAY MARRIAGE
• I DISLIKE DAVID CAMERON, BUT HE WAS RIGHT ON GAY MARRIAGE
• INTRODUCG GAY MARRIAGE ONE OF MY PROUST MOMENTS: FORMER PM DAVID CAMERON
• DAVID CAMERON APOLOGIS TO GAY PEOPLE FOR SECTN 28

DAVID CAMERON: GAY PRI? OF URSE I HAVE GAY PRI!

I was prime mister, drivg forward a bill that would allow gay people to get married. “It was only through long nversatns wh lleagu, iends and my wife, Samantha, that I beme nvced that nyg gay upl the abily to get married ma them feel like their love for one another unted for ls than straight upl, ” he Cameron said he uld ‘always’ see the practil arguments favour of gay marriage (Getty)“It wasn’t jt about symbolism – they wanted to show mment to one another the same way as heterosexual upl.

”Mr Cameron, who had “somethg of a nvert’s zeal myself” wrote that he uld “always” see the “practil arguments” favour of gay people beg allowed to get ex-PM, who qu polics after losg the EU referendum 2016, also scribed attendg his first gay weddg after the law me to effect.

DAVID CAMERON: MY WIFE SAMANTHA NVCED ME TO TRODUCE GAY MARRIAGE

”Mr Cameron’s aln ernment ultimately passed the Marriage (Same Sex Coupl) Bill wh a large majory beme law the followg year, allowg same-sex upl to marry civil ceremoni and relig ceremoni where the church has “opted ” Church of England and the Catholic church still do not regnise same-sex marriag, although the former recently said would perm misters to bls civil 2023 marks 20 years sce Sectn 28, the law that banned the ‘promotn of homosexualy’ the UK, was Month started on 1 June and the ma event London, expected to attract more than a ln visors, tak place on 1 July and will feature paras, parti and protts. For ten years now, gay upl have been able to get married. Gay marriage quickly beme one of those reforms that ends up a permanent fixture: no party would serly ntemplate s repeal.

It may have been dly ntroversial at the time, but gay marriage quickly beme one of those reforms that ends up a permanent fixture: no party would serly ntemplate s repeal. There are some perfectly good arguments to be ma that Cameron don’t serve real cred on gay marriage. Some would claim Tori such as Gee Osborne and Boris Johnson were braver on gay equaly.

Speakg at the 2012 Conservative Party nference, Cameron said his missn as lear was to show “the Conservative party is for everyone: North or South, black or whe, straight or gay. Cameron support of same-sex marriage was laid out 2011, when he said: “I don’t support gay marriage spe of beg a Conservative.

I DISLIKE DAVID CAMERON, BUT HE WAS RIGHT ON GAY MARRIAGE

I support gay marriage bee I am a Conservative.

INTRODUCG GAY MARRIAGE ONE OF MY PROUST MOMENTS: FORMER PM DAVID CAMERON

He tells Michael that he always knew he was gay, but he thought if he worked and received higher tn he uld be anythg, cludg straight. David Cameron said the troductn of same sex marriage was one of his proust moments as Prime Mister, havg worried and “wobbled” over the issue the face of some heated opposn wh the Conservative his tobgraphy, Mr Cameron says he do, however, regret abstag om votg on a motn put by Tory lleague Ia Dunn Smh to block gay upl’ right to adopt children, rather than votg agast . So I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative, I support gay marriage bee I am a Conservative.

DAVID CAMERON APOLOGIS TO GAY PEOPLE FOR SECTN 28

”Mr Cameron still laments, however, his actn over an ultimately unsuccsful bid to prevent gay people om adoptg. “I also end up abstag on — rather than votg agast — Ia Dunn Smh’s rejectn of gay upl’ right to adopt, ” he said.

Guardian journalist Owen Jon tweeted a simple “no” rponse to the news, while almost two thoand others retweeted an attack on Cameron cg the alarmg 147 per cent rise homophobic hate crim sce the EU referendum vote. I don’t buy the Tory iology, but I do buy his ’s an often fotten fact that David Cameron backed equal marriage before Barack ObamaGay rights aren’t pots to be sredHistory has a tenncy to be re-wrten.