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23 September 2011

Legalising same-sex marriages is conservative, not liberal

It's time for the Conservatives to say the decision to legalise same-sex marriage is motivated by co

By Ryan Shorthouse

In Birmingham, Liberal Democrat MPs and senior advisers were nodding to journalists that legalising same-sex marriages was a Lib Dem victory against archaic Tories. But it’s very important for the Conservatives to claim ownership of this welcome policy, for philosophical and political reasons.

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