Video: Tory MP: Gay marriage amendment not about 'wrecking' bill Tim Loughton, a former Tory minister who opposes same-sex marriage, will table what has been referred to as a "wrecking" amendment to the gay marriage bill. As many as 150 Conservatives are preparing to back Mr Loughton's amendment to the bill, which would open up civil partnerships to heterosexual couples for the first time. Mr Loughton insisted his amendment was not designed to "wreck" the Government's bill and was instead supposed to address "an anomaly" opened up by civil partnerships not being made available to opposite sex couples. Without Labour support, however, it is almost certain that the Tory backbencher's amendment will not succeed and Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, has suggested that the opposition may save the Government bill.