Recent Posts Tagged With 'civil partnerships'

• 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...

• Alan Duncan: 'I'm an MP who happens to be gay'

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 03:05 in civil partnerships

  Tory MP Alan Duncan talked to Neil Tweedie in The Telegraph about being a'n MP who happens to be gay' and his forthcoming civil partnership.It is love - and in no way a political statement. It was entirely personal and mutual. The chemistry is great ...

• Gay Tory bags boy toy or, Civil partnership for senior Tory

  Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 07:43 in civil partnerships

  After a whirlwind 14-month romance leading Conservative MP Alan Duncan has proposed to his boyfriend.He met 39-year-old James Dunseath at a dinner arranged by friends and proposed to him on Valentine's Day during a holiday in Oman. They are expected ...

• 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...