Tag: House of lords
Anti-LGBTQ politician drops opposition to marriage equality after his daughter marries a woman
A member of the House of Lords in the UK who previously campaigned against civil unions for same-sex couples said that his daughter is married to another woman.
David Trimble is a big deal in conservative politics in Northern Ireland. From 1995 to 2005, he led the Ulster Unionist Party, and now he’s a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
In 1998, he and John Hume won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the Good Friday Agreement, which helped...