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  Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of various amendments to acts of Parliament in light of the introduction of same sex marriage. 
  @ MP voted no against various amendments to acts of Parliament in light of the introduction of same sex marriage. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of various amendments to acts of Parliament in light of the introduction of same sex marriage. 
  
  The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108727/contents draft Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014], which was laid before this House on 23 January, be approved.
  
  Key elements include:
  
  * Requiring those in a same sex marriage be treated under the law of Scotland for the time being as if they were in a civil partnership (as same sex marriage is not lawful in Scotland, though there is legislation to bring it in going through the Scottish Parliament.) 
  * Consequential amendments to many acts of Parliament following the introduction of same sex marriages. 
  * Many exceptions to the principle in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30/section/11/enacted Section 11 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013] which states: "In the law of England and Wales, marriage has the same effect in relation to same sex couples as it has in relation to opposite sex couples" are made, including some relating to royal titles, rights to peerages and associated titles, EU laws, some pensions regulations, and the defence of marital coercion. 
  
  
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