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  • A Post-Dated Wedding Invite To Mr David Cameron

    I have been engaged to my partner for the past four years however I do not want to tie the knot just yet. It is not because I am afraid of commitment, in fact quite the opposite as it was me who went on bended knee in the pouring rain to propose to my man.

    The reason is that I want to be married, and by this I do not mean a ‘civil partnership’ that was offered up as a consolation prize back in 2004. Although it was a huge step forward and aided many of my friends to express their love and commitment in front of their friends and family, there is no getting away from the fact that we are still not equal to straight couples.
    So with David Cameron announcing today that he didn’t want gay people to be excluded from a great institution like marriage and actively showed his support for equal marriage, I am now re-considering our wedding plans. I can only imagine this is going to instil the fear of god into my partner as the last estimated cost came into a scary looking figure, however he will not be the only one having sleepless nights.
    With the church and many people within the Tory party still strongly opposed, it does beg the question as to whether any progress will be made in the near future. However when it does finally pass, and I am confident it will, there will be an invitation to Mr Cameron and his wife, although I can only assume I won’t be sending it to 10 Downing Street.

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  • Paloma Faith Joins Out4Marriage

    UK singer-songwriter Paloma Faith has added her voice to the Out4Marriage campaign for marriage equality in Britain.

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  • Who Are The MPs Against Equality?

    It’s pretty scary reading when you look at the list of supporters for homophobic and discriminatory marriage petition from the Coalition for Marriage (C4M).

    Even more shocking when you discover that topping the list is a number of public paid positions such as MPs and those more revered in society like Earls and Lords. Yes, those icons of political society, we as enabled voters have chosen to represent us.

    As news surfaces of some rather contentious campaigning policies (as reported by Pinknews and The Guardian & here) which include obtaining the signatures of students as young as 11 to sign this anti-equality petition, questionable “grassroots” beginnings and unaccountable spikes in signature numbers, we’re left asking what right-minded, forward-thinking, representative of people in the UK, in 2012, still want their name attached to the campaign.

    World leaders, including Barrack Obama and David Cameron, have had their views ‘evolved’ on the issue of marriage equality. Now is the time for our community to step up and be heard. The coalition for marriage’s stance is:

    “I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I oppose any attempt to redefine it.”

    This is a purely legal issue, not a religious debate. Therefore those who are signed up below are actively working against legal equality for the LGBT community in the UK.

    Below we’ve listed those MPs who have signed the petition and linked to their personal or parliamentary pages so you can send them an email or phone them with your concerns and ask that they consider removing their name from a rather embarrassing homophobic and discriminatory lobby.

    We’re also starting a twitter campaign #MPsAgainstEquality Please forward this articles on Facebook and Twitter, using that Hashtag. Those people who are actively seeking to discriminate against the LGBT community should be named and shamed.

    The list below was found at http://c4m.org.uk/

    Baroness O’Cathain OBE, Conservative 020 7219 0662

    Fiona Bruce MP, Conservative 020 7219 0742 MP for Congleton

    David Burrowes MP, Conservative 020 7219 8144 MP for Enfield Southgate

    Jim Dobbin MP, Labour 020 7219 4530 MP for Heywood and Middleton

    Joe Benton MP, Labour 020 7219 6973 MP for Bootle

    Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe

    Edward Leigh MP, Conservative 020 7219 6480 MP for Gainsbourgh

    Lord Curry of Kirkharle, Crossbench

    David Nuttall MP, Conservative 020 7219 7030 MP for Bury North

    Stewart Jackson MP, Conservative 020 7219 8286 MP for Peterbourgh

    Bob Blackman MP, Conservative 020 219 7082 MP for Harrow East

    Nigel Dodds MP, DUP 0207 219 8419 MP for Belfast North

    Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson MP, DUP 0207 219 3407 MP for Lagan Valley

    Sammy Wilson MP MLA, DUP 020 7219 8523 MP for East Antrim

    David Simpson MP, DUP 020 7219 8533 MP for Upper Barn

    Jim Shannon MP, DUP 020 7219 7160 MP for Strangford

    Ian Paisley MP, DUP 020 7219 7716 MP for North Antrim

    Sir Roger Gale MP, Conservative 020 7219 4087 MP for North Thanet

    Julian Brazier TD MP, Conservative 020 7219 3000 MP for Canterbury

    Peter Bone MP and Mrs Jennie Bone, Conservative 020 7219 8496 MP for Wellingborough

    Jeremy Lefroy MP, Conservative 020 7219 7154 MP for Stafford

    Craig Whittaker MP, Conservative 020 7219 7031 MP for Calder Valley

    Richard Drax MP, Conservative 020 7219 7051 MP for South Dorset

    Robert Alexander Stewart MP, Conservative

    Lord Brennan QC, Labour 020 7219 5353

    Lord Stoddart of Swindon, Independent Labour Peer 020 7219 5402

    Lord Maginnis of Drumglass, UUP 020 7219 8189

    Lord Tombs, Crossbench

    Earl of Shrewsbury & Talbot, Conservative
    TheGayUK takes no responsibility for the use of external links. If at any point any of the above signatories decides to leave the petition we will amend this list accordingly.