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Gay marriage bill in legislative disarray
The government's plans to allow homosexual and lesbian couples to form legally binding civil partnerships ran into trouble in the House of Lords on Thursday night.
Ministers in the Lords refused to take part in any further debate on the Civil Partnership Bill after peers voted to extend it to other couples, including carers and sisters who lived together.
The FT says that Michael Howard's bid to rebrand the Tories' as a gay-friendly party was hit by the move.
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Published: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:54:13 GMT+01
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