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Early day motion · EDM 155 · 21 May 2013

MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL

Tabled by Sir Peter Bottomley (Conservative) 4 signatures

The motion

That this House welcomes the majorities of 400 to 175 and 366 to 161 in the House on the Second and Third Readings of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill; notes the rejection of amendments to that Bill by ratios of seven to one; further notes the present prohibitions on same-sex marriage was a redefinition of marriage by amendment in 1973 to the Marriage Act 1949; and declares that extending marriage to others follows the second great commandment.

Source: the official Early Day Motions database.