Senior Conservatives backing same-sex marriage
A campaign group backing same-sex marriage has been launched by senior Conservative MPs and peers.
In a Sunday Telegraph letter, the group said religious bodies should be able to conduct gay marriages but should not be compelled to do so. Plans to legalise same-sex marriage have divided the party.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who supports the move, has promised a change in the law in England and Wales by the next election in May 2015. The Scottish government announced plans to legislate on the issue in July.
Iain Watson reports.
09 Dec 2012
- From the section UK Politics