Ministers will offer a guarantee that no institution will be forced to marry gay people on their premises.

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There is no reason that a girl that's born today should be forced to marry before the age of 18.

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Many times girls are forced to marry older men, including some who already have at least one wife, Oxfam said.

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Most, like Bakhita, are renamed, obliged to become Muslims, and then forced to marry their captor or herd his animals.

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While ministers already cannot be forced to marry anyone, the exemption helped assuage some senators' concerns and ease the bill's passage this year.

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But unlike most, I am convinced that the hero Liang did not die of a broken heart because his lover Zhu was forced to marry another man.

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Prime Minister David Cameron has said he wants gay people in England and Wales to be able to marry, but that no organisation opposed to the move would be forced to conduct the ceremonies.

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