Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

They are taking their fight to be able to enter into a civil partnership to the supreme court:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44106272

I support equality for gay people, but not superiority, so wish them every success.

They should allow straight people to enter into a civil partnership should they wish to do so, or scrap them for gay people IMO.

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

I can't see why they shouldn't allow the same for everyone, it might well simply be that Parliament can't be bothered to getting around to it?

The only thing is if the drafting of the original law contains something which complicates matters for marriage, existing couples or religious institutions should it be applied to everyone but I can't think what that would be.

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

People may find this of interest.

https://www.slatergordon.co.uk/media...l-partnership/ So people are fighting to give themselves less rights...

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

To them it's a political/religious statement though. An intentional act to reject the religious connotation of marriage. At least that's my impression.

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

Registry Office wedding isn’t religious.

Here are the options for the wording of the ceremony.

https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Ceremo...%20options.pdf

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

It's still a 'marriage' though? Don't underestimate the degree to which people can get worked up over this stuff....

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

True...

Strange, giving yourself less legal rights because you don't want to be "married", but want to have a legal basis for your relationship.

Whatever floats their boat.

Re: Hetrosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

It would give them more legal rights than being in a "Common Law" relationship.

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

... especially as “common law” marriage was abolished in the 18th century ;)

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

Did I say marriage?

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

Some legal info on "common law" relationships.

https://www.lawdonut.co.uk/personal/...n-law-marriage

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

Which explains my post. It would give them legal rights they may think they have which they don't.

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

But less than a civil marriage.

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There has never been any other relationship recognised in common law. If you didn’t mean marriage, your post was meaningless. I assumed it wasn’t meaningless.

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

All I know is that as married man I have no rights, or so Mrs K says ;) Quite like the sound of a Civil partnership, can I have one of those aswell?

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No. You'll do as you're told. :D

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In any event the bloke nearly always comes off the worst anyway. Married or not, They talk about equal rights and pay but it doesn't appear to apply to that when splitting up in a relationship.

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The thrust of my comments were that if a couple of whatever sex, gender etc wanted to enter into a legally recognised relationship they should be entitled to do so.
The govenment have used it for years with co-habitating couples.
As regards "commom law" marriage I put the relevant term in commas not that I agreed but it has never been challenged in law and at least 51% of the population (2003 I think) still exists.

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The obvious answer would be to dissolve civil partnerships as they were only a halfway house before Marriage by gay people was considered acceptable. It's a bit pointless now everyone can marry everyone.

Why do we even need it now?

Re: Heterosexual couple want same rights as homosexuals.
 

I tend to agree, especially as they can currently opt to have a civil partnership converted into a marriage:

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/help-ad...il-partnership