As the same-sex marriage Bill progressed from Commons to the Lords, campaign director of the Coalition for Marriage, Colin Hart, said: “This Bill is no longer about redefining marriage, it’s now about wrecking marriage.
“The addition of Labour’s £4bn idea to open up civil partnerships to heterosexuals proves what we’ve always said, this Bill will unravel and undermine marriage.
“A civil partnerships free-for-all will create two-tier marriage, with the option of marriage-lite for...
Last night, 33 Tory MPs joined the growing rebellion against David Cameron’s handling of the Bill to redefine marriage (full list of names below). These are additional Tory MPs to the 137 who voted against the Bill at Second Reading in February.
They voted against the Government line and supported at least one amendment to protect the civil liberty of people who believe in traditional marriage. And 21 Labour MPs rejected their party line to support at least one protection. Cabinet minister...
Drowning under a backbench rebellion in the House of Commons last night, a spluttering David Cameron grabbed the only lifeline on offer – Labour’s £4bn bail out of the Bill to redefine marriage.
In exchange for rescuing him from the raging ocean of discontent, the Prime Minister backed Labour’s idea of an immediate review of civil partnerships, including whether to extend them to heterosexual couples.
The pensions minister says that could cost the country up to £4bn in public...
Important developments over the weekend. A close friend of Mr Cameron says Tory activists who object to redefining marriage are just “swivel eyed loons”. That’ll just further inflame masses of backbench MPs who are already seething with the Prime Minister and his chums for being so utterly out of touch.
A large group of grassroots Conservatives, including current and former association chairmen, have written to Mr Cameron saying the plan to redefine marriage has been “a disaster, and...
Crossbench Peer, Lord Dear, has today declared his decision to table a motion opposing the Second Reading of the Government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Monday 3 June.
In a letter to fellow members of the House of Lords, Lord Dear, explained his decision to table the motion: “We have before us a Bill which affects issues of the profoundest importance and yet which the Government is seeking to force through in the most undemocratic and shameful way.
“The Bill redefines marriage,...
http://tinyurl.com/c4mRuislip Today, C4M activists were leafleting voters in Ruislip in North West London.
The leaflets, which give ten reasons why the Government is wrong to redefine marriage, were given out in the constituency of Nick Hurd MP.
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http://tinyurl.com/c4mRayleigh Today, C4M activists were leafleting voters in Rayleigh in Essex.
The leaflets, which give ten reasons why the Government is wrong to redefine marriage, were given out in the constituency of Mark Francois MP.
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http://tinyurl.com/c4mEpping Today, C4M activists were leafleting voters in Epping in Essex.
The leaflets, which give ten reasons why the Government is wrong to redefine marriage, were given out in the constituency of Eleanor Laing MP.
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http://tinyurl.com/c4mLudlow On Saturday, C4M activists were leafleting voters in Ludlow in the West Midlands.
The leaflets, which give ten reasons why the Government is wrong to redefine marriage, were given out in the constituency of Philip Dunne MP.
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http://tinyurl.com/WolverhamptonC4M Today, C4M activists were leafleting voters in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.
The leaflets, which give ten reasons why the Government is wrong to redefine marriage, were given out in the constituency of Paul Uppal MP.
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