[gynn]

There seem to be last ditch attempts by Conservative back benchers to postpone this week's vote on gay marriages. It seems that they fear people will not vote Conservative at the next election.

So who will these people vote for? Labour? No. They support gay marriage. Liberal Democrat? No. They support gay marriage even more than Labour.

What does that leave? UKIP? Well yes, they have opportunistically declared themselves against gay marriage. But what in God's name has Britains future economic stability got to do with who you are lying next to when you switch off the lights?

The truth is that these people are simply homophobic, and are hiding their prejudices behind a contrived shield of respectability. Let's hope nobody is taken in by it.