Voters backed a change to the constitution to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples by 62% to 38%.
However, the prime minister Gordon Brown said today that he did not back a change in the law.
The human fertilisation and embryology authority (HFEA), which regulates IVF clinics in Britain, is also believed to back a change in the law.
Some speak of a series of secret meetings in Arab capitals, aimed at seeking a deal whereby, in exchange for a degree of autonomy, southern leaders would back a change to the constitution which Mr Saleh purportedly seeks.
The Garrick club hit the headlines earlier this month when a vote failed to win a two-thirds majority in favour of admitting women members, despite 50.5 per cent backing a change to the rules.
Instead, Carl Levin, as chair of the Armed Services Committee, backed a list of more modest reforms, such as making retaliation a crime, but he stopped short of backing a change to the commander's right to prosecute.
He has privately signaled support for the presumptive candidacy of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, who cleared a path for his third term by backing a change to the city's term-limit law.
It was revealed in some dismal football in this game, and provided at least one reason why the arguments backing a change of manager are not all borne of panic – even if Bent ultimately alleviated it.
How can it justify rolling back a change that would truly help student athletes, such as the four-year scholarship, simply because coaches want to continue to have life-or-death power over their charges?
