Gay marriage: A pointless distraction

David Cameron will alienate even more of his Tory supporters and face an almighty battle with the churches if he legalises gay marriage

There does not even seem to be an especially powerful lobby for change from gay couples, many of whom already avail themselves of the civil partnerships introduced by Labour. Credit: Photo: Alamy

The Government is supposed to be sifting through the many responses it received to the consultation on gay marriage, which ended in June...

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