Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, has remarked that only pensioners are opposed to gay marriage, and if explained properly, even they would change their mind. The Conservative MP supported same-sex marriage and said that the majority of every age group except other than the over-65s was in favour. Expressing his views regarding the trending polls, he said, “If you explain to the over-65s that it’s civil marriage – not…

Objecting to the Coalition’s proposal to permit gay marriages, the Church of England has warned that the ecclesiastical authority will stop conducting weddings on behalf of the state if same-sex marriage is legalised. The church said government plans to introduce same-sex marriage would lead to an anomalous clash between its own and parliament’s law - that marriage is between a man and a woman. Claiming that government’s proposed reforms to allow gay marriages are not legally sound, the Church of England…