Gay marriage is to become legal in England and Wales after the lower house of the British parliament approved the final changes on Tuesday to a law that had Prime Minister David Cameron’s backing but split his ruling Conservative party.
The law had the support of both Labor and the Liberal Democrats, Britain’s two other main political parties, but damaged Cameron’s standing within his own party with many of his own lawmakers criticizing him for being too liberal.
His own MPs had previously twice voted against it.
Of course, by now, the Queen has given her Royal Assent, and therefore the vicars of the Church of England might as well turn out the lights, close their doors, and toss the keys down the well.