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Around 60 UK politicians have slammed the government's plans to legalize gay marriage, claiming Prime Minister David Cameron has 'no mandate to redefine marriage'.

Members of Parliament from all major political parties and peers from the Lords signed the open letter which was published in The Telegraph newspaper today (17 December).

'At the last election, none of the three main parties stood on a platform to redefine marriage,' wrote the group of 58 MPs, which included 35 Conservatives.

'It was not contained in any of their manifestos, nor did it feature in the Coalition's Programme for Government.

'These facts alone should have led to extreme caution on the part of those calling for this change to be made.

'Instead the government is ignoring the overwhelming public response against the plans.'

They added: 'The consultation has ignored the views of 500,000 British residents in favour of anonymous submissions from anyone anywhere in the world.

'We believe that the government does not have a mandate to redefine marriage.'