Civil Partners

[mrsneeze]

I found this story both sad and hopeful at the same time. It's about a heterosexual couple who applied for a civil partnership, but had it denied. It's sad in that, personally, I don't understand why a straight couple cannot have a civil partnership any more than a why a gay couple can't be married. But it's nice that someone has seen fit to

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[gothchip]

This story makes me happy that a heterosexual couple are standing up for homosexual equal rights for all.

[mrsneeze]

This is perhaps something that appeals - it's not someone fighting for their rights, it's someone fighting for someone elses :)

[sarahloo]

I think all marriages and civil partnerships should be banned! ;P

[deeply_spurious]

I don't see any real objection, but I'm not sure I see any real point either! Surely a non-religious marriage is, to all intents and purposes, a civil partnership.

Personally I think we might as well do away with civil partnerships altogether and let gay and lesbian couples get married.

[mrsneeze]

Well, I suspect their point is to show solidarity, effectively.

But I think personally I'd rather, given that the church so badly wants marriage to be a religious thing that they can control, that a marriage be a religious civil partnership and a civil partnership be a legal linking of two people.

[matgb]

There are some people that have a strong objection to the institution of marriage--a lot of feminists, for example, plus there are others. Some don't like the historical connotations, especially of ownership, associated with it.

Partnerships were only introduced because a lot of people at the time felt full marriage was politically untenable for gay couples--turns out this was wrong, and it's generally accepted now, but politicians were very worried about tabloid reaction.

Some don't want full marriage, they're not equal institutions, but would still like some way of legally acknowledging a relationship--I'd like to free that up more, not restrict it to just marriage--time dependent renewable relationships are something I've seen discussed as an option, for example.

[euphoricstimuli]

exactly, me and my bloke have been together for nearly 7 years now and are not married. If we could do a civil partnership we'd do it like a shot.

I hope their appeals are successful.