LONDON (Reuters) - Gay marriage is to become legal in England and Wales after the lower house of the British parliament approved the final changes on Tuesday to a law that had Prime Minister David Cameron's backing but split his ruling Conservative party.
The law had the support of both Labour and the Lib Dems, Britain's two other main political parties, but damaged Cameron's standing within his own party with many of his own MPs criticising him for being too liberal.
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