Barring last-minute surprises, the House of Lords will pass the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill later today. It should then be a short hop via royal assent to the statute book.
The news will be a cause for celebration. But it must not be a cause for complacency. Homophobia isn’t going away. Indeed, for the bill’s more extreme opponents, its success will be a spur to ever more vocal and harmful homophobic action.
I know these anti-equality campaigners well. I used to be one of them.
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