Cameron’s Conservatives cave in to the ‘zeitgeist’

Members of Parliamnt approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales in a House of Commons vote on te 5 February 2013, despite the opposition of almost half the Conservative MPs.

The Commons voted in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, at the end of a full day's debate on the bill.

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Wikipedia: Same-sex marriage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage

Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Europe

Huffington Post: Tag: UK Gay Marriage http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/uk-gay-marriage

The Guardian: Tag: Gay marriage http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gay-marriage

BBC News, 05.02.13: Gay marriage: MPs back bill despite Conservative backbench opposition http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21346220

Blog: The European Citizen, 04.02.13: February to be a big month for same sex marriage in Western Europe http://theeuropeancitizen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/february-to-be-big-month-for-same-sex.html

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