The US Catholic bishops have offered their "prayerful support and steadfast solidarity" to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints in the face of attacks on the church and its members for working to pass California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage. The support was offered in a November 21 letter from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, chairman of the bishops' Ad Hoc Com...

Telegraph View If marriage is the territory Labour has chosen to fight on, the Conservatives should welcome it - because they would be so clearly in the right.

The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland makes its most outspoken attacks yet on proposals for same-sex marriage.

Young couples would have marriage guidance before their wedding under Conservative plans to cut the number of family break-ups. Maria Miller, the shadow Families minister, said register offices should offer couples "pre-marriage preparation" courses to help reduce divorce rates.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has criticised David Cameron's coalition government for failing to support marriage.

Tonight's YouGov poll has the Tories on 40, Labour on 30 and the Lib Dems on 20, rounding off a good week for the Tories, The Tory marriage tax proposal has also just been unveiled. It will allow people who are in a marriage or a civil partnership who don't use all of their personal allowance--currently set at £6,475--to transfer it to their spouse as long as they do not earn more t...

There are many things in life that confuse me, and how Tories can support a Democrat for President of the United States is one of them. Democrats stand for big government, more regulation and state interference. Republicans stand for the opposite, as do Conservatives in the UK. If you take a look at ToryTalk (a new Conservative forum), you will see quite a number of Tories who support Barack Obama...

There is a heated battle going on in California over the redefining of the word "marriage."  Last week, activists chose the Mormon Temple near UCLA to act out because of the church's visibility, and because some members of the Mormon Church contributed to the passage of Prop. 8.  The definition of "marriage" has been a contentious issue for some time now in California.   In Mar...

Well if this is right, and it is the Telegraph, the policy is as expected, it's not a support to marriage but a subsidy to not working. And it will be paid for by a tax on successful banks. What's not to like? I'd say Lord Carey has been duped. Last night, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, said: “The recognition of marriage in the tax system is a long...

The Tories will "consider" the case for same-sex marriage if they win the election, George Osborne tells gay campaigners.