Conor McGinn MP Member of Parliament for St Helens North
Hundreds of thousands of people in Northern Ireland and across Britain and Ireland who support the right of same-sex couples to marry will be outraged that one Tory MP was able to prevent the progress of my Equal Marriage Bill in the House of Commons last Friday.
Ministers now need to clarify how they intend to ensure that the right to equal marriage in Northern Ireland – which has the support of the Assembly, Parliament and the public – becomes law. The Government can’t continue to talk out of both sides of its mouth on this issue. It can and should legislate to extend equal marriage to Northern Ireland – because if it’s good enough for my constituents in St Helens and for people in London, Dublin, Cardiff and Edinburgh then it’s good enough for people in Belfast too.\n
Ministers now need to clarify how they intend to ensure that the right to equal marriage in Northern Ireland – which has the support of the Assembly, Parliament and the public – becomes law. The Government can’t continue to talk out of both sides of its mouth on this issue. It can and should legislate to extend equal marriage to Northern Ireland – because if it’s good enough for my constituents in St Helens and for people in London, Dublin, Cardiff and Edinburgh then it’s good enough for people in Belfast too.\n
I will keep fighting alongside and working with the Love Equality NI campaign to get this done. A rally is planned in Belfast on Saturday 2nd June in support of Equal Marriage. My Bill is due to return to Parliament in late October.
You can watch me being interviewed on The Victoria Derbyshire Show on BBC alongside two fabulous women Cara McCann and Amanda McGurk. This is not going away, and we are not giving up.
You can watch me being interviewed on The Victoria Derbyshire Show on BBC alongside two fabulous women Cara McCann and Amanda McGurk. This is not going away, and we are not giving up.
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