Marriage Bill passes Commons vote - same sex marriage set to go ahead

[FlyingJesus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21346220

Importantly, the Anglican church is exempt from these laws as the official religion of the country (so as not to force these things on those who oppose them) with other religions having the choice to opt-in or refuse to perform same sex marriages as they see fit.

[Kardan]

You beat me by milliseconds posting this thread, so I've closed mine

As a non-religious heterosexual, I think this is a brilliant step forward Some comments I've seen from people on the other side of things are a bit over the top to say the least...

[dbgtz]

Am I the only one who looks really doesn't see why this is as big of an issue as it's made out to be?

[Chippiewill]

So basically it's exactly as it should be, no bearing on religion and only affects tax related ****.

[Cerys]

All we have to do is get the House of Lords to pass this though, then it's straight to the royal assent ;D

I'm sure they will pass it due to public pressure etc. If not then the H of C can just eventually bypass them using the Parliament act 1911 + 1949 *I THINK that's the correct acts*


yey :dance:

[Inseriousity.]

Who voted for and who voted against, do we know who yet?

Despite that it's not high on the list of priorities for me, I'm glad that this issue has moved forward although do not feel that any religion should be exempt (if anything it should be them that has to 'lead the way' being the official religion imo). On the other hand, churches should be allowed to opt-out of it if they wish - as the law does state - and gay couples should respect that and just take their custom to some church that will allow them.

[FlyingJesus]

136 Conservatives, saw somewhere that there were 4 Lib Dems voting against and guessing the remaining 35 were Labour, but no lists of names yet that I've seen

[Kardan]

Who voted for and who voted against, do we know who yet?

Despite that it's not high on the list of priorities for me, I'm glad that this issue has moved forward although do not feel that any religion should be exempt (if anything it should be them that has to 'lead the way' being the official religion imo). On the other hand, churches should be allowed to opt-out of it if they wish - as the law does state - and gay couples should respect that and just take their custom to some church that will allow them.

Majority of the tories voted against with a few labours and very few lib dems voting against.

So as a whole, conservatives - against, labour - for, lib dem - for

[MKR&*42]

All we have to do is get the House of Lords to pass this though, then it's straight to the royal assent ;D

I'm sure they will pass it due to public pressure etc. If not then the H of C can just eventually bypass them using the Parliament act 1911 + 1949 *I THINK that's the correct acts*


yey :dance:

I'm surprised you knew that aha. Do you do law in school or something similar? Or just general knowledge

Who voted for and who voted against, do we know who yet?

I believe some sites said that 'about 120/130' conservative MPs voted for and 140 against (as rough figures) - with the rest abstaining. I'm not sure about the other parties though.

[Cerys]

Why is it such a problem with the whole same sex marriage? It's not gonna really affect them or the country in such a big way that it'll breakdown, so can't they just give us what we want? ;l