It’s simply approximately equality. That’s why I hope the government will support my private member’s bill to rectify this injusticeThere will be same-sex couples across Britain and Ireland this week excitedly discussing getting married. The talk will be of who gets invited to the wedding,how much to spend on the food and drink, what they will wear, and even of troublesome table plans. For them,equal marriage has been around for a while now and is a fact of life. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 paved the way for homosexual couples to acquire married in England and Wales.
France, Luxembourg, and Germany,Scotland and Ireland have all legalised equal marriage. Same-sex marriage became legal in Australia in December – 16 years after the Netherlands became the first country to fully legalise equal marriage in 2001. But it is a different tale where I grew up, in Northern Ireland, and where thousands of same-sex couples are denied the basic human right of getting married to the person they worship.
Same-sex couples in Northern Ireland should to enjoy the same rights as people in Dublin,London, Cardiff or Edinburgh Related: Bermuda becomes first jurisdiction in the world to repeal same-sex marriage Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com