The truth is out: Christians are from Mars

On Tuesday the second reading of the Bill to legalise gay marriage passed through the Commons by a majority of 400 to 175, with 75 abstaining or not present to vote. Those who opposed it were mostly Conservatives. The Labour dissenters were either English or Welsh Catholics, or Scots with a strong religious association. 175 is a fairly sizeable minority, large enough to block it if the voting had been in the Church of England synod (see 28 November), but not enough to impede the bill's progre...