Comments on: Lone lesbian MP to have civil partnership http://www.365gay.com/news/lone-lesbian-mp-to-have-civil-partnership/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:26:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Disgusted American fairy! http://www.365gay.com/news/lone-lesbian-mp-to-have-civil-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-31804 Disgusted American fairy! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:01:15 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=3238#comment-31804 Anyone in UK wanna "Marry" me then? American (soon to be former) citizen looking for new, good home.... low maintenance here. Will be happy with a bit of food, water and little love. cheers. Anyone in UK wanna “Marry” me then? American (soon to be former) citizen looking for new, good home…. low maintenance here.

Will be happy with a bit of food, water and little love.

cheers.

]]> By: Paul Mc http://www.365gay.com/news/lone-lesbian-mp-to-have-civil-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-19975 Paul Mc Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:26:49 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=3238#comment-19975 The UK law is indeed an exact copy of marriage except for name, obligation of ceremony and location. I'm very happy with my 3 partnership. Interestingly, it has a model clause on 'full faith' recognition of same-sex marriage/union/partnership internationally. ALL such relationships are regarded as being 'married' for the purposes of other aspects of UK law such as immigration adoption. As such it is probably the best such law in the world - a US citizen in Vt/Ma/Ca 'marriage' (not sure which allows one foreign partner) with a UK citizen would have many more rights after moving to the UK. The UK law is indeed an exact copy of marriage except for name, obligation of ceremony and location. I’m very happy with my 3 partnership. Interestingly, it has a model clause on ‘full faith’ recognition of same-sex marriage/union/partnership internationally. ALL such relationships are regarded as being ‘married’ for the purposes of other aspects of UK law such as immigration adoption. As such it is probably the best such law in the world – a US citizen in Vt/Ma/Ca ‘marriage’ (not sure which allows one foreign partner) with a UK citizen would have many more rights after moving to the UK.

]]> By: Robert http://www.365gay.com/news/lone-lesbian-mp-to-have-civil-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-19968 Robert Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:43:17 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=3238#comment-19968 LOrion: The gay climate in Britain is a lot more friendlier than we have here in the U.S. A straight member of parliament announcing the civil partnership of one of her colleagues and met with applause by her peers is unprecedented. How would that fare in our own political system? Britain has achieved far more equality for its LGBT people than we can imagine in our own. Civil partnerships in Britain confer ALL of the rights of marriage at the national level, they are "marriages" in everything but name, and I can foresee when they will be officially recognized as such, inevitable I think, unlike our own civil unions that only confer roughly more than 400 rights and privileges of the 1324 that marriage bestows. Entering into a civil partnership entitles a couple to take the other's name, adopt children among all of the other rights of marriage. LOrion: The gay climate in Britain is a lot more friendlier than we have here in the U.S. A straight member of parliament announcing the civil partnership of one of her colleagues and met with applause by her peers is unprecedented. How would that fare in our own political system? Britain has achieved far more equality for its LGBT people than we can imagine in our own. Civil partnerships in Britain confer ALL of the rights of marriage at the national level, they are “marriages” in everything but name, and I can foresee when they will be officially recognized as such, inevitable I think, unlike our own civil unions that only confer roughly more than 400 rights and privileges of the 1324 that marriage bestows. Entering into a civil partnership entitles a couple to take the other’s name, adopt children among all of the other rights of marriage.

]]> By: LOrion http://www.365gay.com/news/lone-lesbian-mp-to-have-civil-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-19851 LOrion Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:05:02 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=3238#comment-19851 Wonderful...congratualtions to them both, I am sorry they are more celebratory themselves. Is the anit-gay climate in Britain worsening? Wonderful…congratualtions to them both, I am sorry they are more celebratory themselves. Is the anit-gay climate in Britain worsening?

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