“I feel it is necessary to issue this personal statement in response to press and internet speculation over the last ten days. Earlier this year a Sunday newspaper began questioning whether my marriage to Ffion was in trouble, and last week another media outlet asked whether there was a statement about our supposed separation. This seemed to be linked

THE Foreign Secretary William Hague has revealed his aide Christopher Myers had resigned following "untrue and deeply distressing" rumours about the nature of their re

A California court has ruled against the ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage. But polls suggest most Californians support gay marriage, and for the first time, a slender majority of all Americans agree. It seems the US is ready to right this wrong

For those Conservative Home readers who did not get chance to see this week's Dispatches, it is well worth 45 minutes of your time (it can be viewed here). The subject was the often disastrous consequences of first cousin marriage....

Driven by a snooty desire to avoid engaging with the public, the pro-gay marriage campaign has only isolated itself further.

Today’s Independent reports: The Liberal Democrats are to use their first party conference in government to adopt a radical new policy calling for gay marriage. The paper points out the tensions such a policy could spark with the socially conservative right-wing among the Tories. However, I’m intrigued by the paper’s suggestions that it also “risks

Hidey Ho, Primates! Welcome to the one and only Real Banana, your source for the real poop on politics. Let's do it and get to it.. This week's Big Nooze was the Prop 8 ruling on gay marriage by Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco (where else). I was glad to see that this judge ruled in favor, especially since this Monkey won a few shekels on it. I mean, did any of the primates expect a...

America’s gay rights activists were celebrating last night as a judge re-legalised gay marriage, making the latest step in the long-running battle in the US and the state of California. Previously, legal gay marriage had been granted to Californians following successful legal challenge on discrimination grounds of the rules that meant marriage was only available

Well, with this judge what did you expect? Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco ( who is an open homosexual) basically made his ruling based on the foggy grounds that there is a moral stigma to civil unions, basically an ipse dixit (legalese for 'because I said so') decision rather than any actual harm or existing precedent: "Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny ...

David Cameron's enforced marriage to Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats has bred a lethal complacency on Westminster's opposition benches, writes Philip Stephens