Archive: Gay Rights

No 10 unleashes Tory gay marriage opposition with free vote move

New York has already opened its doors to gay marriage

Downing Street has bowed to ministerial opposition to its plans to legalise gay marriage by giving all MPs a free vote.

Cardinal condemns 'grotesque' gay marriage plans

Time to halt progress: Cardinal won't budge over gay marriage

Peers take on gay church weddings days after they come into force

Comment: Ban those trying to 'cure' gay teens

Richard Heller is an author and journalist and a former adviser to Denis Healey.

Any attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child is futile and cruel and abusive – an outright ban is needed.

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Time to halt progress: Cardinal won't budge over gay marriage

The senior Catholic whose attack on gay marriage proposals as "grotesque" attracted a media storm yesterday is refusing to back down.

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Cardinal condemns 'grotesque' gay marriage plans

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

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Gays have more rights than Christians, report finds

Religion: More sinned against than sinning?

Gay people have more rights than religious believers due to equality legislation, a parliamentary group found today.

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Foreign Office lashes out at Russia's 'Section 28' law

Russian police arrest Volker Beck, a German lawyer after he was beaten by opponents of a gay-pride in front of Moscow City Hall in 2006.

A Russian law which equates homosexuality with paedophilia has been attacked by the Foreign Office, as relations between the two countries reach a new low.

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Peers take on gay church weddings days after they come into force

The Lords debate was criticised by gay rights advocates

An attempt to backtrack on rules allowing churches to conduct civil partnerships has been dubbed "spurious" by gay rights campaigners.

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Gay blood ban set to be lifted

Ban: Gay rights campaigners have been fighting to scrap the ban for years.

One of the gay rights movement's key goals is expected to come a step closer to completion today.

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Surprise poll shows widespread Muslim support for gay rights

The poll suggests Muslim sentiment is far more liberal than previously imagined

A new survey documenting ethnic and religious attitudes in Britain has discovered a startlingly liberal approach to gay rights in the Muslim community.

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