Peers have voted by more than two to one to back government plans for same-sex marriages in England and Wales.
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June 5th, 2013
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June 5th, 2013
The culture secretary, Maria Miller, has summoned the big internet companies to discuss the proliferation of, and easy access to, pornographic and politically extremist content on the web.
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June 5th, 2013
Anglican bishops who sit in the House of Lords and oppose the same-sex “marriage” bill were put under pressure to keep away from the vote on the bill yesterday. John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor of the Daily Telegraph, reported that “senior officials” of the government had “personally urged bishops to stay away from this week’s vote.”
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June 5th, 2013
A group of Australian doctors opposed to the introduction of euthanasia and assisted suicide has written to all House of Assembly MPs condemning Hon. Bob Such’s ‘Ending Life with Dignity Bill’ 2013.
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June 5th, 2013
Last year saw a five per cent increase in new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections.
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June 5th, 2013
The Maine House of Representatives overwhelming defeated a bill on May 31 that would have made the state the fourth in the nation to explicitly legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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June 5th, 2013
One of the men charged with the murder of soldier Lee Rigby made a rambling appearance at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, declaring that he was "a soldier" and complaining about being repeatedly strip-searched.
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June 4th, 2013
The public is to be asked what it thinks about a bid to change the law on organ donation in Northern Ireland.
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June 4th, 2013
The House of Lords have voted against a bid to block legislation to allow same sex couples to marry in England and Wales.
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June 4th, 2013
Marriage campaigners in Britain have vowed to keep fighting the government’s plans to install same-sex “marriage,” despite today’s vote in which an overwhelming majority of members of the House of Lords supported sending the bill on to the next stage.