UK: Three in five voters back gay marriage, new poll shows

The ICM poll conducted just before Christmas found 62% of voters now support the proposals, with half this number - 31% - opposed. Most previous polls have found opinion leaning the same way, although the two-to-one margin revealed on Wednesday is particularly emphatic. An ICM online survey for the Sunday Telegraph in March asked the identical question - which expressly reminds people that the opt...

Guardian • Jan 3, 2013

Gay marriage gets ministerial approval

Ministers have pledged to push through legislation to give same-sex couples equal rights to get married despite mounting opposition from within the Conservative party and the threat of a split with the Church of England. ...

Guardian • Jun 12, 2012

Embrace gay marriage, says new dean of St Paul's

The new dean of St Paul's Cathedral has called on the Church of England to embrace gay marriage. The Very Rev Dr David Ison, who was appointed by the Queen this week, said the church should welcome gay people wanting to take on the virtues of marriage, such as faithfulness....

Guardian • Mar 8, 2012

Church of England failing gay Christian couples, says bishop

The Church of England is failing gay Christian couples and must rethink the traditional, biblical portrayal of homosexuality as "idolatrous, promiscuous and exploitative", according to one bishop. In remarks that reveal deep divisions in the church hierarchy, the Right Rev Nicholas Holtam said there were gay couples who were living faithfully and lovingly for life and that the quality and nature ...

Guardian • Feb 6, 2012

A call for gay marriage rights in South Carolina: 'We love each other'

South Carolina law explicitly stipulates that marriage must be between a man and a woman, after a 2006 constitutional amendment - approved by 78% of voters - banned gay marriage in the state. ...

Guardian • Jan 18, 2012

Cameron faces Tory backbench revolt over gay marriage plans

David Cameron is facing the threat of a fresh backbench Tory revolt as traditionalists line up to oppose government plans to legalise gay marriage. Tory MPs, who have raised concerns about the move with ministers at meetings of the 1922 committee, are hoping to rally more than 100 backbenchers, according to the Independent....

Guardian • Jan 17, 2012

How Obama set the tone for a quiet revolution in gay rights

This summer is also the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival. As both gays and straights gear up for a new summer of love, author David Carter, who wrote Stonewall, the definitive book on the riots and their significance, put the onus on Obama not to betray the spirit of optimism. "If he lives up to his promises, then it could be a golden age for our rights," he said....

Guardian • May 24, 2009

Proposition 8 debate prompts discussion on marriage traditions

From polygamy to interracial marriage, the notion of what marriage means - and who can get married - has gone through many permutations, say scholars who have studied the institution....

Guardian • Dec 3, 2008