MPs cheer assent for gay marriage

MPs cheered today as they were told gay marriage had passed into law.

MPs cheer assent for gay marriage
Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 - 16:16

MPs cheered today as they were told gay marriage had passed into law.

Speaker John Bercow announced in the Commons that the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill had been granted Royal Assent by the Queen.

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