Cameron : I’d like to be remembered for gay marriage

Jun 28, 2016 by

by Coalition for Marriage:

David Cameron named redefining marriage as one of his most significant ‘achievements’ when he gave his resignation speech on Friday.

But commentators are saying gay marriage marked the point when his party leadership went wrong. Max Hastings said he “forfeited the support of his party faithful” (Daily Mail, 25 June 2016). Simon Heffer said: “Not only did the Tory party alienate core voters, it also proceeded to bully them” (The Sunday Telegraph, 26 June 2016).

Dominic Lawson was a supporter of same sex-marriage but thought it was a political disaster for the Conservative Party. He goes as far as to say that Cameron only proposed an EU referendum in the first place in a bid to try and win back traditional marriage supporters (Daily Mail, 27 June 2016). The PM’s pledge to hold a referendum was made in January 2013, just weeks before Parliament voted on the same-sex marriage legislation.

When it came to the Commons vote in February 2013, over half of Conservative MPs voted against the Bill.

Ultimately 669,444 people signed our nationwide petition.

Speaking from Downing Street on Friday, David Cameron said: “I believe we have made great steps”, including “enabling those who love each other to get married whatever their sexuality”. This is despite the fact that same-sex marriage was never in the Conservative Party manifesto. Cameron even went on Sky News three days before the 2010 election saying that he would not introduce it.

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