Saturday, 22 December 2007

Civil Rights, Civil Wrongs

Two years on from the much-trumpeted Civil Partnerships Act, and how many are there? The first dissolutions are under way. And the whole thing remains restricted to unrelated persons of the same sex. Unrelated persons of opposite sexes have of course the option of civil marriage. But related persons sharing a home have no option at all, even though a civil partnership does not need to be consummated, presumably because nobody could work out what might or might not qualify for this purpose. Yet related persons are extremely unlikely to seek a dissolution. When will this injustice be dealt with?
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 December 2007 at 00:15

    This at least is one thing the Tories did call for when the nonsense was going through Parliament. Thinking of changing your vote?

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  2. David Lindsay23 December 2007 at 01:13

    To Cameron? Hardly!

    Like Labour, the Tories are in their final generation. And when those two go, so will the Lib Dems.

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