UK set for first gay weddings next summer
Jubilant gay rights campaigners vowed to press for equal marriage in Scotland and Northern Ireland as they celebrated the successful passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill through the Upper House. With the final debates in the Commons expected to be little more than a formality today, the bill is likely to become law within days.
Openly gay Labour peer Lord Alli thanked peers in an emotional speech, declaring: “My life and many others will be better today than it was yesterday.”
