Equalities Minister says she regrets voting against same-sex marriage

Equalities Minister Nicky Morgan has revealed that she wishes she could take back her vote against gay marriage.

Morgan, who was appointed Equalities Minister by David Cameron last year, voted against same-sex marriage legislation in 2013.

Despite the bill passing by a landslide majority, Morgan defended her decision, insisting at the time that she believed that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

Since then, she has claimed to have altered her stance on same-sex marriage. In a new interview with Buzzfeed, she explained that if she had the chance to vote again, she would “do it differently”.

“Doing this role as equalities minister means you learn a lot, you speak to a lot of people and yeah, hence very much I think if the vote was held now I would do it differently,” she said.

I felt there hadn’t been a whole lot of discussion about it. I think there was a lot of uncertainty and a lot of people thought it was quite a challenge to marriage as understood.”

She went on to add that her gay friends were an integral part of what made her realise that “people being happy” is what’s most important.

“But I’ve got lots of friends who are gay, lots who are in civil partnerships and absolutely I think it’s all about people being happy and that’s what’s most important,” added Morgan.

Meanwhile, Labour recently unveiled their plans to help tackle LGBT bullying in UK schools – find out more here.

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