It’s ten years this month since legislation to legalise same-sex marriage was passed by parliament. So what better way to mark the occasion than a reception with the man who was Prime Minister at the time? David Cameron was on sparkling form last night at a drinks party hosted by the LGBT+ Conservatives – one of many such events being held, as Cameron was quick to note. ‘Isn’t it lovely to be at a Tory celebration? We haven’t had enough of those recently’ he quipped to the crowd. ‘I think gay marriage has now had more birthdays than a senior member of the royal family.’
Among the anecdotes that Cameron told was one about visiting the White House in March 2012 and being greeted by one of Barack’s Obama donors who urged him to press the-then President to make the case for same sex marriage too. ‘I remember saying “So you want this Conservative to tell that Democrat to go for gay marriage”? That was a great day, it was not going to get any better than that.’
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