No, I would say very firmly because marriage is a relationship between man and woman and I don't think it actually helps to confuse terms, I also believe very strongly in the importance of friendship and people can have adeepfriendship and call it friendship but we don't have to muddy the waters in terms of calling, calling it marriage.
He has denied calling activists "mad, swivel-eyed loons" and Mr Cameron has sent an email to party members, insisting they still shared a"deep and lasting friendship" with him.