Articles about Straight Civil Partnerships

20 May 2013
Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert: MPs should vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill 3 Conservative MP Nick Herber has circulated an email urging MPs to vote in favour of a Manuscript Amendment to the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill, which would start an immediate consultation on civil partnerships for straight couples.
15 May 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘I am hugely disappointed that Culture Secretary Maria Miller has ruled out straight civil partnerships’ 17 Peter Tatchell has criticised Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities, Maria Miller, for ruling out civil partnerships for heterosexuals by saying “this is a hugely disappointing decision by the government”.
6 December 2012
Peter Tatchell: ‘Straight couples refused equality’ 41 Peter Tatchell has suggested that the government is likely to decline opening up civil partnerships to heterosexual couples, when it issues its official response to the equal marriage consultation, later this month.
15 November 2012
Comment: Lobby Maria Miller so we can have full marriage equality 14 Peter Tatchell says now is the time to email the Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities Maria Miller, in order to ensure the LGBT community can secure complete marriage equality.
2 August 2011
Scottish youth parliament calls for gay marriage 55 Scotland's youth parliament has launched a campaign to urge the government to give gay couples the right to wed.
14 July 2011
Sign the petition for UK marriage equality 41 Gay rights campaigners have launched a petition to call for gay marriages and straight civil partnerships in the UK.
20 April 2011
Four of five main Scottish parties promise action on gay marriage 31 Four of Scotland's five main political parties say they will take action on gay marriage ahead of next month's elections.

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