Campaigners still optimistic despite Lords vote on gay marriage

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The Coalition for Marriage has said it will continue campaigning to save traditional marriage despite the House of Lords backing the Government's plans to introduce gay marriage.

Peers voted down an amendment to "wreck" the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by more than two to one. The vote came at the end of two days of debate in which many peers spoke of their concerns about the legislation.

They included the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, who said the institution of marriage would be diminished as a result of legalising gay marriage.

"The bill weakens what exists and replaces it with a less good option that is neither equal nor effective," he said. Read more