The Deputy Prime Minister said that laws allowing homosexuals full marriage rights are inevitable, saying the current debate is about “when”, not “if” to make the change.
The Coalition is considering changing the law to allow couples of the same sex to marry in the same way as heterosexuals. The proposals have been opposed by many Conservative MPs and by the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.
Mr Clegg’s Liberal Democrats are enthusiastic supporters of the change, and the issue has sharpened tensions between the two Coalition parties.
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