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Opinion: Does the debate over equal marriage reveal our blind spots?

By James King | Fri 8th February 2013 - 10:20 am

Let me begin by saying that I enthusiastically support equal marriage. The ability of two people who love each other to marry regardless of their gender is a blessing, Tuesday’s vote was a victory for liberalism, and despite its flaws the Bill is a big step forward to a fairer society. I found the explanations made by those Lib Dem MPs who opposed the bill to be intellectually unconvincing, sometimes evasive, and fundamentally illiberal.

And yet, I was slightly perturbed by the number of people – and a party organisation – discussing whether to refuse to campaign for the ‘rebels’. …

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  • User AvatarDavid 18th May - 8:10pm
    Don't you mean that the Welsh have long since given up trying to keep the Saeson out?
  • User AvatarMoggy 18th May - 7:11pm
    Surely Tory Party members never had any power? The old National Union was there to organise the envelope stuffers, not to make policy. That was...
  • User Avatarpaul barker 18th May - 7:03pm
    20 years ago I spent a year in Edinburgh, working at The Demarco Gallery & involved with The Campaign for a Scots Parliament. I must...
  • User Avatarnuclear cockroach 18th May - 6:49pm
    Truth hurts.
  • User AvatarStuart Mitchell 18th May - 6:21pm
    " Labour’s first attempt to repeal section 28 in 200" I meant 2000 of course.