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  Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - New Clause 6 - Protection of Beliefs About Marriage
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make discrimination on the basis of an individual's beliefs regarding the definition of marriage illegal. 
  @ MP voted not to make discrimination on the basis of an individual's beliefs regarding the definition of marriage illegal. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against adding beliefs regarding the definition of marriage to the list of protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, discrimination on the basis of which is illegal. 
  
  The text of the rejected proposed new clause for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill[1] stated:
  
  :â(1) In the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/10 Equality Act 2010, after section 10(3)], insert â
  
  :â(4) The protected characteristic of religion or belief may include a belief regarding the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.â.â
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/marriagesamesexcouplesbill.html Parliament's webpage on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (now the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013)]
  
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