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• MPs reject proposal to introduce straight civil partnerships without a full review

  
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  After a day of confusion that threatened to disrupt the passage of the introduction of same-sex marriage, MPs have voted against the introduction of opposite sex civil partnerships. 70 MPs voted in favour of opposite sex civil partnerships, while 375 voted against the amendment. Earlier, 391 MPs to 57 voted in ...
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• MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships

  
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  After a day of confusion that threatened to disrupt the passage of the introduction of same-sex marriage, MPs have voted to hold an immediate review on the future of civil partnerships. 391 MPs voted in favour of Maria Miller’s amendment to 57 against, first revealed on PinkNews , to hold a review of the future of ...
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• Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review

  
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  Confirming what a senior source in her department had told PinkNews.co.uk earlier , the Minister for Equalities Maria Miller has told the House of Commons that she will accept Labour’s manuscript amendment on civil partnerships. Earlier, a senior Government source told PinkNews.co.uk that the Equalities Minister ...
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• MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs

  
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  An amendment to the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill proposing to amend  the Equality Act in order to provide legal protections for those who disagree with allowing same-sex couples to marry has been defeated in the House of Commons. MPs voted 339 votes to 148 to reject the amendment. It proposed to amend the ...
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• Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’

  
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  Former Conservative defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth has warned of the dangers of the “aggressive homosexual community”. The Aldershot MP was speaking during the Commons debate on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Monday evening. Margot James, the first out lesbian Tory MP to be elected said gay ...
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• Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs

  
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  An amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill tabled by Conservative MP David Burrowes, urging for registrars to be allowed to opt out of performing marriages for gay couples, has been defeated in the House of Commons. MPs voted 340 to 150 to reject the amendment. Mr Burrowes’ amendment stated: “Any duty ...
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• Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron

  
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  The amendments to the same-sex marriage bill are demeaning to LGBT people. Resist them and make the opponents to equality explain their true agenda, writes Adrian Tippetts for PinkNews.co.uk. David Cameron and the Coalition government went out of their way to appease the anti-marriage lobby and traditionalist MPs. ...
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• Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill

  
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  Liberal Democrat MPs are being encouraged to vote in favour of a Manuscript Amendment to the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, which would start an immediate consultation on civil partnerships for straight couples. The Labour party has put forward the Manuscript Amendment, which aims to start an immediate ...
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• Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert: MPs should vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill

  
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  Conservative MP Nick Herber has circulated an email urging MPs to vote in favour of a Manuscript Amendment to the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, which would start an immediate consultation on civil partnerships for straight couples. The Labour party has put forward the Manuscript Amendment, which aims to start an ...
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• Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd reverses anti-marriage equality stance

  
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  The former Prime Minister of Australia and self-described ‘god-botherer’, Kevin Rudd, has stated that after a “re-think” on same-sex marriage he has decided to support it, reversing his previous staunch opposition. During his time as Prime Minister Mr Rudd opposed same-sex marriage, but said he welcomed ...
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• Exclusive: Government ‘relaxed’ on immediate review on the future of civil partnerships

  
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  A senior Government source has told PinkNews.co.uk that the Equalities Minister Maria Miller is “relaxed” on an immediate review on opposite sex civil partnerships. Labour MPs have been threatening to vote in favour of Conservative MP Tim Loughton’s amendment to the Marriage (Same sex couples) Bill that would ...
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• UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments

  
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  We’re having a hectic day here at PinkNews with multiple options ahead for the Marriage (same-sex couples) Bill. Here’s where we are:- Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage are backing an amendment originally tabled by Tim Loughton among others to introduce opposite sex civil partnerships. They are ...
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• Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to ‘rescue’ same-sex marriage bill

  
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  Labour has launched a bid to protect the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, amid fears that a “wrecking amendment” extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples could stall the legislation. The party has put forward its own Manuscript Amendment, which aims to start an immediate consultation on civil ...
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• Downing Street: Equal marriage is the Prime Minister’s ‘paramount concern’

  
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  David Cameron is in full support of equal marriage, and the matter of whether the Government supports equal marriage is not in question, a Downing Street spokesman has confirmed. The source told PinkNews that, despite e arlier reports that the Government would not rule out withdrawing its support for equal marriage , ...
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• Peter Tatchell: ‘MPs should vote for heterosexual civil partnerships’

  
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  I urge MPs to vote for the right of heterosexual couples to have a civil partnership. Banning them is wrong. This is a simple issue of equality. Just as gay couples should be allowed to marry, straight couples should be permitted to join together in a civil partnership. There should be no discrimination in civil ...
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• David Burrowes: I oppose all ‘dilutions’ of marriage

  
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  Tory MP David Burrowes has once again voiced his opposition to the same-sex marriage bill, and has stated he will not be voting for an amendment to it allowing opposite-sex couples to have civil partnerships. Speaking on the BBC’s Today programme, he said he would not be voting for the amendment to the same-sex ...
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• BBC Woman’s Hour: Civil partnerships are a stopgap

  
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  Earlier today I appeared on BBC Radio 4 show Woman’s Hour . I am always delighted to receive an invitation to appear on this iconic show. Women have been debating and discussing the finer points of their lives on this radio institution since 1946! This morning’s topic was civil partnerships and whether they ...
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• Yvette Cooper: ‘David Cameron must show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into Tory wrangling’

  
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  Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Yvette Cooper, says she hopes “David Cameron will show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into another vortex of bitter Tory wrangling.” Writing for the Independent , the Labour MP said: “The equal marriage bill is back ...
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• Live blog: MPs debate and vote on same-sex marriage and opposite sex civil partnerships

  
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  14.13 Downing Street is going to decide what to do if MPs vote in favour of an amendment to introduce opposite sex civil partnerships tonight.   13.13 Maria Miller says that opposite sex civil partnerships could derail the introduction of same-sex marriage
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• Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment

  
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  Update 13:25: Downing Street originally told PinkNews that no option on the equal marriage bill would be ruled out until after the vote on the Tim Loughton amendment, however another spokesman has confirmed that David Cameron is in full support of the bill, but will decide the best way to make it happen, after the ...
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