Coalition for Equal Marriage [SEP] inception
Coalition for Equal Marriage
The Coalition for Equal Marriage is a British campaign group created in 2012 by Conor Marron and James Lattimore, a same-sex couple, to petition in support of civil marriages for gay couples. The Coalition for Equal Marriage was created in response to the Coalition for Marriage, a Christian group campaigning against same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
The coalition's website states the campaign started after Lattimore read a BBC News article regarding the "Coalition for Marriage" and seeing a comment from Lord
Nick Clegg has signed the Coalition for Equal Marriage petition, and in an interview for "The Independent" Clegg was reported to have called it "a matter of "how", not "whether", equal marriage becomes legal in England and Wales."
Conor Marron, co-founder of the Coalition for Equal Marriage, released a statement thanking Nick Clegg and the MPs "who have voiced their position on the subject".
Sponsors.
The "Coalition for Equal Marriage" is sponsored by many organisations