he has described himself as "a libertarian" and has said that he has "absolutely no problem" with gay marriage, subsequently voting for it in parliament. he also added his name to an amendment to clause one of the protection of freedoms bill, which calls for the word 'insulting' to be dropped from section 5 of the public order act. gummer was strongly in favour of the united kingdom remaining in the european union and described himself as "devastated" by the result.