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After appointing a Justice Secretary who said we should bring back hanging and a Culture Secretary who calls the BBC licence fee a “poll tax”, David Cameron has kept up the controversy with his more minor ministerial announcements.
The Prime Minister has named Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport, as both under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice with Michael Gove and a minister for equalities under Nicky Morgan at the Department for Education.
Yet like her superior Ms Morgan, Ms Dinenage voted against gay marriage in July 2013. At the time, she reportedly said banning same sex marriage would “take nothing away from their relationships” and that the “state has no right” to intervene in such matters.
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In a statement issued by the Department for Education, Ms Dinenage admitted there might be "concerns" about her voting record but said: “I am fully committed to advancing the cause of LGBT equality and support the law on same sex marriage.”
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