It's interesting that Cameron thinks he can avoid defeat within his own party on marriage from activists who have yet to score a victory for gay marriage in America:
David Cameron is concerned that his own backbenchers could sink his plan to change Britain’s marriage laws, if and when the issue comes to a vote in the Commons.
Although he has repeatedly tried to portray the case for same-sex marriage as a “conservative” cause, many of his MPs vocally disagree.
Meanwhile supporters within the Tory ranks have voiced frustration that those making the case for gay marriage have been “preaching to the converted” rather than taking the case to wavering Tories.
It is understood that senior Tories met a group of lobbying experts, who have worked with the US campaign group “Freedom to Marry”, ahead of a renewed charm offensive within the party.
They are understood to have discussed tactics at a “cross-governmental meeting” last Monday. -- UK Telegraph
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The Lib Dems and Labour both support this. The bill could only be blocked by a rebellion of siesmic proportions. Not going to happen. Equal marriage in the UK is a done deal.
@Paul McMichael
"The bill could only be blocked by a rebellion of siesmic proportions."
A.K.A. the Conservative Parliament members and possibly a few liberal democrats and labour members.
"Equal marriage in the UK is a done deal."
It's not "equal marriage".
A misguided government that doesn't represent truly represent the views of its people (or reality, for that matter), but society doesn't change on a dime, and universally, marriage has been a male/female union for thousands of years. That reality doesn't change just because a few activist judges or politically motivated politicians mess with marriage.
Wow, that came out garbled.
This guy is as phony a conservative as you can get.
nutjob!