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Originally Posted by Nedusa

I think like the Bill on Fox hunting this Bill on same sex marriage will eventually become law but this will take a long time as it will have various amendments added and subsequent readings in the commons before it ever goes to the Lords where the same process could also apply .

So yes it will become law in some form at some point but David Cameron has reaped the initial benefit increasing his overall popularity to the countries electorate.

Job done one might say.....!!!

This issue has caused more members to leave the Conservative Party than any other single issue in years. If David Cameron made this into an issue to make himself more popular with the electorate, he's done it at the expense of a lot of his core voters. Gay marriage wasn't in the manifesto... it wasn't in any party's manifesto, and personally I think it was a smoke-screen to deflect attention from the other countless issues that are going against the Tories at the moment. I'm not saying I'm against gay marriage or that it's a bad thing, only that this is going to cost the Conservatives dear at the next election and probably the party who will benefit will be UKIP.