Having developed the idea of Civil Partnerships for same sex couples by Act of Parliament in 2004 the current coalition government (Conservative/Liberal Democrat) has extended the definition of marriage to include, for the first time, those of the same sex.
On February 5th 2013 the House of Commons passed a bill to make possible, for the first time, the marriage of same-sex couples
The bill was approved, after a full day's debate,by 400 votes to 175. It was noted that over half the Conservative MPs voted against the bill but it was...