by Sunny Hundal

Peterborough Tory MP Stewart Jackson has trotted out the most absurd excuse to reject gay marriage.

Last night he tweeted (hat-tip @kavya_kaushik)

I’m hearing that there’s big blowback on gay marriage from a number of big Conservative donors. Time to dump these divisive plans? — Stewart Jackson (@SJacksonMP) July 9, 2012

In other words, Tory MPs should listen to their donors and ditch gay marriage.

How absurd.