{"id":3767,"date":"2013-06-20T21:45:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T20:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2013-06-20T21:45:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T20:45:05","slug":"marriage-same-sex-bill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=3767","title":{"rendered":"Marriage (same sex) Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">Dear marriage supporter,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">Ahead of last Tuesday\u2019s vote, you were urged you to write to The Rt Hon the Lord Luce KG, GCVO, DL about the same-sex marriage Bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">It is pleasing to say he \u00a0did the right thing and voted against the Bill, and he deserves a big thank you. Please write to him and express your thanks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">Please contact The Rt Hon the Lord Luce KG, GCVO, DL<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">He does not have a publicly available email address so please write to him at:\u00a0<i>The Rt Hon the Lord Luce KG, GCVO, DL, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">Please begin your letter \u201c<i>Dear Lord Luce<\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">In your own words, please say heartfelt thanks\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">For voting against the Bill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">For standing up for marriage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">For listening to ordinary people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">For supporting proper scrutiny of the Bill.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">And please ask Lord Luce to defend traditional marriage at any future votes in the Lords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">IT\u2019S NOT OVER YET AS BILL PROGRESSES IN LORDS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">The House of Lords decided to allow the same-sex marriage Bill to progress to the next stage, but many Peers said they were doing so because they wanted to take a closer look at the Bill before deciding whether to vote against it at a later stage.\u00a0The Bill must overcome other votes in the Lords, so it\u2019s not over yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">We believed we could have won a vote if it was held the night before (Monday June 3rd) as originally planned, but at the last minute the Government rescheduled the vote for Tuesday evening June 4th. It was an underhand procedural tactic, and they were able to get 390 votes after switching the dates. Without the switch, the Government and the Labour leadership were genuinely worried they would have lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\">On Tuesday June 4th, 148 Peers voted with Lord Dear against the Bill. That number is likely grow for key amendments at later stages, and may grow by the time the Bill reaches Third Reading in the Lords. That\u2019s why we won\u2019t give up defending the real meaning of marriage. It\u2019s not over yet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear marriage supporter, Ahead of last Tuesday\u2019s vote, you were urged you to write to The Rt Hon the Lord Luce KG, GCVO, DL about the same-sex marriage Bill. 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