Marriage plans make Cameron poll favourite amongst gay voters More than 100 Conservatives on the front and backbenches are still fighting Mr Cameron's proposals to let gay people get married. But the poll shows the Prime Minister has won credit from the gay community for his stance. Benjamin Cohen, publisher of the PinkNews.co.uk website said: "By proposing same-sex marriage, David Cameron has unquestionably improved the standing of the Conservative Party among the gay community. However what's most interesting is that he is considerably more popular than his party within our community. This perhaps reflects the fact that many of the most vocal opponents of introducing this final act of equality for gay people have been Conservative MPs, some of whom represent and have angered the very people who voted in the poll. The survey found the Liberal Democrats have not got credit for their role in a Coalition that is bringing forward proposals for gay weddings. It showed 39 per cent of those questioned voted Liberal Democrat in the last election, but only 13 per cent would do so again if there were an election tomorrow. In contrast, support for Labour has strongly risen. About 27 per cent of the group surveyed voted for Mr Miliband's party in 2010, but 38 per cent saying they would support Labour now. At the last general election, Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, said he supported gay marriage, Mr Cameron said he was open to it and Gordon Brown, the former Labour prime minister, said he was opposed to the idea. Under the current plans for same-sex marraige, Mr Cameron will hold a free vote, allowing MPs to follow their consciences. He is expected to win with the support of Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but has risked angering a large section of his parliamentary party, religious groups and grassroots Tories. In a move to make sure churches are not forced to conduct same-sex ceremonies, the Church of England will be banned from carrying out gay marriages, while other religious groups will be able to choose. According to the Pink News poll, 85 per cent of gay voters think churches and other religious institutions should decide for themselves whether to hold a same-sex marriage. Just 13 per cent said that all churches and other religious institutions must hold same-sex marriages whether they want to or not.