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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

I am not going to give way.

The hon. Member for Gainsborough should also recall that this House deliberated for 20 years—he will know the name of William Wilberforce—on the abolition of the slave trade. [Interruption.] Conservative Members may tut, but they know that this House was split for 20 years on the issue of whether black human beings were human or chattel. There were Christians in this House who sought to suggest that black human beings were chattel, and that somehow it was a matter of conscience and we should not end the slave trade. That is why this is a noble fight and why no hon. Member should have truck with the exception that is being put forward.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
563 cc941-2 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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