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The Tory heartlands came to Downing Street today to challenge David Cameron over legalising gay marriage.

He said it was time to «reunite the right» in British politics and the government should apologise for legalising gay marriage.

Although Socialist president François Hollande made clear in his election campaign that he was in favour of legalising gay marriage, there is now a widely - held view that he is pushing the gay marriage bill to boost his left - wing credentials, as the dire economic situation prevents him from delivering on some other election hopes.

Hague and Miller spoke out after Gerald Howarth, the defence minister, called on the government to abandon liberal ideas such as legalising gay marriage and reform of the House of Lords.

The poll showed 26 % said the PM was in touch with the lives of ordinary voters, and 63 % believed legalising gay marriage would cost the party more votes than it gains.

Australia joined the UK and USA in legalising gay marriage - something Brian Houston of Hillsong said would have «wide - reaching ramifications».

On the recent Innocence and Experience tour he celebrated Ireland legalising gay marriage.

Thousands of Croatian far - right supporters have marched in Zagreb to protest over an international convention they said indirectly legalises gay marriages and gives rights to transgender people.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, described the proposal to legalise gay marriage as «one of the greatest political power grabs in history.»

The coalition's plans to legalise gay marriage could hit a stumbling block in the Lords, a poll of peers out today suggests.

The first minister was fighting to avoid a party rebellion on the all - important issue of Nato membership, while dealing with an attack from Gordon Wilson, one of his predecessors, who branded his plans to legalise gay marriage «fascist».

The coalition's plans to legalise gay marriage are «madness», «grotesque» and an undermining of human rights, the UK's senior Catholic has said.

John Boast, who has previously stood for parliament himself, tells the Today programme's Justin Webb the government's plans to legalise gay marriage is a «gross interference».

An ICM poll for The Guardian finds 61 % of all voters support the move to legalise gay marriage with just 32 % opposed.

Conservative opposition to the coalition's plans to legalise gay marriage has rallied in Birmingham, raising the possibility of a serious grassroots revolt over the issue.

David Silvester's comments in his local newspaper that the recent «storms and floods» were the direct result of his decision to legalise gay marriage have prompted widespread condemnation - and his suspension from Ukip.

Attitudes to homosexuality are currently the topic of debate nationally, however, as the coalition pushes ahead with its plans to legalise gay marriage.

The loss of 405 councillors and control of 12 councils is a major electoral setback for the Tories, whose right - wing MPs are now calling on their leader to resist Lib Dem moves to legalise gay marriage and push through Lords reform.

The government's plans to legalise gay marriage returned to the spotlight, with Cardinal Keith O'Brien, head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, comparing the plans to «slavery», which his church was thoroughly opposed to, of course.

There seems to be a widespread sense that the Conservative UK government pushed through legislation to legalise gay marriage.

Plans to legalise gay marriage may be supported.

«In government, one of the decisions I am most proud of is the decision to legalise gay marriage — but the biggest opposition we faced was in our local Conservative associations and among the parliamentary party,» he said.

After MPs backed plan to legalise gay marriage by 400 votes to 175 on Tuesday, Virgin Holidays capitalised on the opportunity to advertise its travel offers by tweeting this picture:

Landmark plans to legalise gay marriage got the green light in the Commons, despite a majority of Tories failing to support the Government.

MPs voted in favour of plans to legalise gay marriage in England and Wales on 5 February 2013.

In the day's Ten Minute Rule Bill the Northern Ireland - born Labour MP Conor McGinn wants the UK government to take powers to allow it to legalise gay marriages there.

Following last week's Supreme Court's decision to legalise gay marriage in California, Doctor Who starJohn Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) has married his long - term love, Scott Gill.

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is the best remembered part of his pre-election period, the only part of his recent Conservative Party Conference address which remains in the public consciousness is his unequivocal call to legalise homosexual «marriage»: «I don't support gay marriage despite being a Conservative.

There can be no doubt that if gay marriage were legalised, within a few months there would be a case before the European Court of Human Rights demanding that a gay couple be allowed to get married in the Anglican Church.

The private legal practitioner, lecturer and fierce critic of homosexuality, Moses Foh - Amoaning, continues to maintain his disposition against attempts by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community to have same - sex marriage legalised.

Although his unflinching depictions of homosexuality, S&M and bondage provoked a fierce moral backlash at the time (gay sex was not legalised in NY until 1980), these are now amongst his most legendary and sought - after works.

Furthermore, she often tackled subjects that were perceived as «risky» during her lifetime: Neel is known for painting gay people long before homosexuality was legalised, transvestites, members of the poor, immigrant communities in Spanish Harlem (where she lived), candid portraits of nursing and pregnant women as well as unflinching male and female nudes.