Northern Ireland equal marriage bill introduced in House of Commons

MPs have voted to give a second reading to a bill that would give same-sex couples in Northern Ireland the right to marry.

Introducing the bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday, South Armagh-born Labour MP Conor McGinn said he was doing so “with reluctance and some disappointment”.

He added: “This measure is long overdue. Northern Ireland is the anomaly on these islands when it comes to LGBT rights. My constituents in St Helens and people in London, Dublin, Cardiff and Edinburgh can all get married to the person they love.

“But same-sex couples in Northern Ireland are denied that basic right. That is wrong and it must finally be corrected,” he said. Read more via Irish Times