Whether it was the seriousness of the subject, or Cameron's reluctant acceptance that 30 of those who
voted against his plans belonged to his party, or just a battle of who could behave like the better statesman, Cameron had been biting his tongue.
Those opposed to woman suffrage often used religious arguments to warn that expanding women's rights, including the
vote, violated Biblical teachings and went
against «God's
Plan» (women
belong in the home, not in the public sphere).