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  • 14 Jun 2013
    Opponents seek to weaken equal marriage bill

    As a law to allow equal marriage in England and Wales reaches committee stage in the House of Lords, those most strongly opposed are still trying to weaken or block it. Despite large majorities for the Marriage (Same Sex) Couples Bill in the Lords and earlier House of Commons, some peers have put forward amendments which would delay or undermine marriage equality.

  • 6 Jun 2013
    Church of England bishops end resistance to equal marriage

    Church of England bishops have given up trying to block equal marriage in England and Wales. Though several spoke and voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the House of Lords, this bid was heavily defeated. Many church members, including some bishops, support marriage equality, though others are strongly opposed.

  • 5 Jun 2013
    LGCM express delight and caution over equal marriage

    The CEO of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement is "delighted that love and justice have won the day" in the latest vote on equal marriage.

  • 4 Jun 2013
    Christians divided as Lords back equal marriage Bill

    The House of Lords has backed a Bill to allow same-sex couples in England and Wales to marry, by 390 votes to 148. After a long debate in which Christians argued for and against the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill, a bid by opponents to block a second reading was heavily defeated.

  • 4 Jun 2013
    Quakers quick to welcome same-sex marriage progress

    Quakers in Britain have welcomed the move to pass the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at Second Reading in the House of Lords.

  • 4 Jun 2013
    Peers back marriage equality and reject 'disinformation'

    Members of the House of Lords have voted by more than two to one to back government plans for same-sex marriages in England and Wales.

  • 4 Jun 2013
    Confusions in the parliamentary marriage debate

    The highly important parliamentary discussion of marriage law and equality continues today (4 June 2013), and Ekklesia will be commenting further as details develop.

  • 3 Jun 2013
    Parliament’s equal marriage debates reveal churches divided

    Some Christian MPs strongly support marriage equality while others are strongly against it. In the UK and beyond, parliamentary debates on celebrating same-sex partnerships have revealed that – whatever top clerics or elders say – opinion within the churches is divided, says Savitri Hensman, reporting and commenting on the religious and theological views being expressed in parliament.

  • 1 Jun 2013
    From privatized morality to ethical living

    In the Daily Telegraph today (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/10092592/Same-sex-marriage.html) 'religious' leaders have seemingly united to protest this government's equal marriage legislation.

  • 31 May 2013
    Bishop of Salisbury backs marriage equality

    Nicholas Holtam, the Bishop of Salisbury, has made clear his support for allowing same-sex couples to marry. Officially the Church of England is opposed to equal marriage but many members are in favour. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, covering England and Wales, is to be debated by the House of Lords.