Recent Posts Tagged With 'Gay 'Marriage''

• Lucas splits from partner (not Walliams)

  Posted on Wednesday June 18th, 2008 at 08:51 in celebrity news, Gay 'Marriage', little britain, civil partnerships, matt lucas, gay 'divorce'

  Little Britain star Matt Lucas has split from the partner he "married" in a civil partnership ceremony in 2006.Lucas and Kevin McGee, who were together for four-and-a-half years, said in a joint statement that their separation was "amicable".They cel...

• Idiot Bishop gets confused

  Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 07:22 in Gay 'Marriage', civil partnerships

  Civil partnerships for gay and lesbian couples should not be called marriages, the Bishop of Lichfield has said. The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill also criticised a "national experiment to downplay marriage", saying the tax system penalises marrie...

• Uruguay becomes latest country to legalise civil unions

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 14:23 in uruguay, south america, Gay 'Marriage', civil partnerships

  Uruguay's Congress has passed legislation to recognise same-sex civil unions.The country of 3.6m people is the first nation in South America to grant such protections, although some cities and regions throughout the continent have made similar legal ...

• Hungary approves partnership legislation

  Posted on Tuesday December 18th, 2007 at 13:54 in hungary, Gay 'Marriage', civil partnerships

  Hungary's parliament yesterday approved the Registered Partnership Act. From January 1st 2009 lesbian and gay couples will have almost identical rights as married heterosexual couples in common law.Notable exceptions are the right to adopt, access to...

• Forms pose discrimination risk, civil partners warned

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 07:31 in discrimination, Gay 'Marriage', civil partnerships

  Gay and lesbian people who enter into civil partnerships are at risk of "forced outing" through everyday activities such as taking out a bank loan, according to a report to be published tomorrow.A study for the Citizens Advice charity, produced two y...

• Civil Partnerships 'insult the intelligence'

  Posted on Tuesday September 4th, 2007 at 08:51 in Gay 'Marriage', civil partnerships

  A leading Tory MP, Michael Ancram, has launched a withering attack on civil unions, saying treating them in the same way as marriage "insults the intelligence of the British people."In an open attack on Conservative leader David Cameron, the MP for D...

• 11 Reasons Gay People Should Not Be Allowed To Marry

  Posted on Wednesday August 15th, 2007 at 10:52 in Gay 'Marriage'

  This comes from America - where else - so forgive the strange American spelling [unless you're American, in which case... ], but I thought this was a useful guide to visitors both gay and straight on one of the hot homo topics of the modern age.1. Ho...

• My Big Gay Wedding

  Posted on Friday July 20th, 2007 at 07:13 in Gay 'Marriage'

  Two British psychologists who have been studying civil partnerships have concluded that gay men love a big day out.Dr Victoria Clarke and Dr Elizabeth Peel are from University of the West of England, Bristol and Aston University, Birmingham.They will...

• Tori unites

  Posted on Wednesday July 11th, 2007 at 05:20 in celebrity news, Gay 'Marriage'

  Actress Tori Spelling has officiated at her first same-sex union after applying for permission over the internet. The ceremony took place at the bed and breakfast she runs with her husband Dean McDermott in California, which features on their reality...

• Czech mates

  Posted on Wednesday June 27th, 2007 at 14:32 in Gay 'Marriage'

  Nearly 70% of adults in the Czech Republic believe that registered partnership should be available to gays and lesbians according to a CVVM poll conducted last month. This figure is up from 62% two years ago.The news comes almost a year after registe...