Britain Gay Marriage

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  UK Backs Extending Gay Marriage, Abortion Rights To Northern Ireland

  Britain's House of Commons voted on Tuesday to extend same-sex marriage and abortion rights to Northern Ireland, unless devolved government is restored in Belfast by October 21.

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  Christian Bakery Wins Landmark "Gay Cake" Case In UK

  A bakery run by a Christian family in Northern Ireland on Wednesday won a landmark case in Britain's highest court over its refusal to make a cake decorated with the words "Support Gay Marriage".

• Gay marriage legal in Britain after royal assent

  Britain legalised gay marriage on Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal assent to a bill approved by lawmakers, paving the way for the first same sex weddings in 2014.

• British gay marriage bill clears crucial hurdle

  The first gay marriages in England and Wales are set to take place in 2014 after the legislation passed through parliament's upper chamber the House of Lords on Monday.

• British embassy flies the flag for gay pride in France

  Britain's embassy building in Paris will be adorned by a rainbow flag this weekend in an official show of support for gay pride marches scheduled to take place in the French capital and London.

• English gay marriage plans clear hurdle in parliament

  The British parliament's upper house on Tuesday voted down a bid to kill off a bill to introduce gay marriage in England and Wales, moving it a step closer to becoming law.

• Britain's Queen Elizabeth might have to break sovereign promise

  The impending gay marriage legislation could force Queen Elizabeth II to break a sovereign promise, former senior UK bishop has warned. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who was Bishop of Rochester for 15 years, said the Queen took an oath to "uphold God's laws" when she was crowned.

• Gay marriage in Britain 'could lead to lesbian queen'

  The debate in Britain over legalising gay marriage took a surreal turn on Tuesday after a senior politician said it could result in a lesbian queen giving birth to an heir by artificial insemination.

• Gay marriage vote set to deliver Britains' Prime Minister David Cameron more problems

  British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.

• UK lawmakers vote in favour of gay marriage

  A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron.

• Britain's Prime Minister faces gay marriage revolt as plots swirl

  British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to see his ruling Conservative party split in two on Tuesday over his government's plans to legalise gay marriage, a move critics say is not a priority for the public and unnecessarily divisive.

• Britain introduces same-sex marriage bill

  The British government has introduced a bill legalising same-sex marriage, and says lawmakers will get their first vote on it in Parliament next month.

• Britain may sue churches for refusing gay marriages

  Churches in Britain may face legal action if they do not agree to the prime minister's plans for same-sex unions, a media report said on Tuesday.

• Britain to allow gay marriages in churches

  Britain will announce plans next week to allow gay marriages in churches and other religious buildings, officials said on Friday, although Prime Minister David Cameron insisted no faith group would be forced to hold them.