ACTUAL news: House of Lords vote 390 to 148 in favour of gay marriage

[FlyingJesus]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...-marriage.html

Bill to stop gay marriage law talks goes defeated by over double the amount of aggressors

Most hilarious quote is "Lord Hylton, an independent crossbench peer, said that the word “gay” has been taken over by homosexuals." literally one of the biggest concerns raised was that the word gay now means homosexual instead of happy and jolly, and THAT is why same-sex couples should not be married

[Chippiewill]

I was not expecting such a landslide result. That said, house of lords is less about the content of a law and more about the legality.

[MKR&*42]

I too am surprised at how large a majority that is Nevertheless, good news for a fair few.

[Shar]

that's hilarious. nice to see some change

[Ardemax]

Pleasantly surprised by this result! Didn't realise the Lords were in touch with the people

[AgnesIO]

Now this is done, maybe they could start voting on more important issues. Absolutely sick to death of how long the process has become - just make it legal and move on with it fgs

[-:Undertaker:-]

I do hope the weakling Church of England bishops in the House didn't back down on this, as the Archbishop of Canterbury did yesterday by saying that 'gay marriage isn't an issue of faith' - and this is from the man who is supposed to represent Christianity in this country, maybe he ought to read up the Bible. As for the weakness of the backbench Conservative Party, as usual, it's just another nail in its coffin as like the Church of England membership has been nosediving through the floor regarding this issue. Indeed, there hasn't been any other issue that has caused as much upset at Tory grassroots level as this one has - who is going to campaign and knock on doors for Dave come 2015? he's shot apart any credibility he had left, managing the incredible feat of pissing off so many social conservatives in the party who are historically the most loyal of the lot.

When will the Church of England and the Conservative Party learn that social liberals or cultural marxists have no interest in attending Church, listening to Church teachings on morality or ever voting Conservative - they already have Richard Dawkins, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats for what they believe - appealing or surrendering to social liberals and those on the left won't bump up Church numbers nor will it win the Tory Party any elections. What do social conservatives have left? not much, but increasingly the Roman Catholic Church.

In regards to my personal opinion that marriage is between a man and a woman, a law doesn't change anything.

[FlyingJesus]

maybe he ought to read up the Bible

You mean the Christian text which explicitly states that we ought not live by Levitican law?

[Aiden]

LMFAO the happy thingy loooool

so how many stages does this stupid bill have to go ?

[MKR&*42]

Committee > 3rd reading > royal assent iirc. ^