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In the Commons John Nicholson, the SNP’s culture spokesperson in the Commons, gives Nadine Dorries a less warm welcome, saying that she has a long anti-gay rights record. “Just as well there are no homosexuals in the arts sector,” he says sarcastically.
This is what Benjamin Cohen from Pink News tweeted about Dorries’ record on gay rights yesterday.
In 2012, new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries claimed that she had never met a single gay couple who wanted to marry. When @PinkNews published this, thousands of gay couples tried to enlighten her. She voted against same-sex marriage anyway saying it took ‘sex out of marriage’ pic.twitter.com/eMBldumZkd
In the Commons David Davis, the former Brexit secretary, tells Nadine Dorries that he welcomes her appointment to cabinet, saying it shows “you don’t need to be a boring conformist to get on”.
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