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House of Lords pass immoral homosexual ‘marriage’ law: expected to receive Royal Assent by end of week

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WESTMINSTER , July 16, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The House of Lords passed the coalition government’s gay “marriage” bill last night without a formal vote. The bill will now make a brief stop this evening in the House of Commons for approval of the Peers’ amendments, after which it is expected to receive Royal Assent by the end of the week. Once made law, homosexual partners will be able to “marry” throughout England and Wales by mid-2014. Similar legislation in Scotland is expected to pass easily. Amendments passed in the House of Lords focused on minor points of law regarding occupational pension benefits and the application of the bill to Jewish Synagogues. During the debate, Patrick Thomas Cormack , Baron Cormack, addressed the victors. “I understand that you feel euphoric today but please have a thought for those who have different views and for the many, not just thousands but millions of people in this country, for whom marriage will always be equated with what remain

House of Commons to vote on immoral homosexual marriage

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WESTMINSTER , May 17, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Pro-family campaigners are asking UK citizens to contact their MPs to ask that so that David Cameron 's gay “marriage” bill be defeated. Anthony Ozimic, communications manager for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children told LifeSiteNews.com that the bill, which goes to a vote on third reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday, is considered likely to pass. On Monday, a series of amendments will be proposed for a vote by MPs, among which will be a call to defer the entire process until 2015 and put it to a public referendum. Another will call for heterosexual couples to be included in existing civil partnership provisions. But Ozimic said that SPUC has no position on any of these, and are concentrating on defeating the bill as a whole. The bill has been in committee since being brought forward and receiving a tentative go ahead by an overwhelming majority of MPs of all parties. It is scheduled to go to a vote ab