i-thorts' i-Politics: MPs vote for gay marriage bill

Bill now faces bruising passage through the House of Lords before almost certainly becoming law this year.

Members of Parliament have overwhelming endorsed historic legislation that will give gay couples the equal right to marry.

Almost half a century after homosexuality was legalised in Britain the House of Commons voted by a majority of 400 to 175 to redefine marriage and make it available to all.

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