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There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to legislate for Civil Partnerships at the earliest possible date in the lifetime of the Government.

This would put those who are married or in civil partnerships at a disadvantage because they are statistically more likely to have children than unmarried people.

Indirect Discrimination: This is when a provision, criterion or practice is put in place and applies to to all workers but would put people who are married or in civil partnerships at a disadvantage.

He also said he had blessed a homosexual civil partnership at the church he leads in Waterloo.

If a child is conceived outside of a UK licensed fertility clinic, and the birth mother is not married or in a civil partnership at the time, and if using donor sperm — under UK law, the second parent will legally be the donor father.

The couple, who work at Argos, formed a civil partnership at a ceremony in Northern Ireland last year.

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Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples in civil unions, domestic partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is already clear that persons in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?

The civil partnership was devised to take effect at the signing of the contract rather than at theexchanging of vows for this very reason.

(2) His church (the LDS Church) does not oppose civil unions, at least limited ones (http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705260852/LDS-official-lauds-work-for-Californias-Prop-8.html?pg=2: «in general, the church «does not oppose civil unions or domestic partnerships,» that involve benefits like health insurance and property rights»).

The advice issued by the House of Bishops at the time did not prevent clergy from entering civil partnerships, on the basis that the law did not specify the relationship as necessarily sexual.

There are an awful lot of gay clergy in the C of E, especially at the high church end and t he church has had to allow for them to be in civil partnerships with their same sex partners and share church accomodation, whilst never explicitly acknowledging that these are sexual relationships — a typical Anglican compromise and a very English, «we won't mention it» way of dealing with a situation.

A gay vicar's decision to hold a «commitment» ceremony at his own church to mark his civil partnership is reportedly creating tensions within the parish.

A gay vicar's decision to hold a «commitment» ceremony at his own church to mark his civil partnership... More

The Bill, brought forward by Tory former minister Tim Loughton and which passed at second reading, also seeks to see how the Government can extend civil partnerships to opposite - sex couples, plus to include a mother or second parent's name on marriage and civil partnership certificates.

Civil partnerships between same - sex couples in the UK — 2004, with the first ceremonies being able to take place in 2005, during my first year at University

To legally end a civil partnership, a couple must have been in the partnership for at least a year.

Proof must be provided to a court that «irretrievable breakdown» of the civil partnership has happened, citing specific «supporting facts» such as unreasonable behaviour or separation for at least two years, before the partnership can be legally «dissolved».

However, given the recent decision on women bishops and the Church of England's continuing claims that it has consistently supported same - sex civil partnerships, which have been falisified here, the credibility of the Church of England is at a low ebb, and its testimony carries little weight.

As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendment.

Moreover, as Professor Leslie Green shown in a recent programme at the British Academy (Gay Marriage: Prospects and Realities, 29 May 2012), marriage offers a number of advantages not offered by same - sex civil partnerships, including portability of status, a broader understanding of the couple's status, as well as the potential for religious recognition, depending upon the religious group involved.

I think there's much that's good in your article but would like to ask some questions: first, you say at bullet point # 5, «This argument is wrong, because (a) important benefits obtain in marriage, which do not in civil partnerships».

The introduction of civil partnerships has been one of the great achievements of this Labour government, bringing enormous personal happiness to many people and a broader pride for many across our country at the successful civilizing advance which this popular social change represents.

Liberal attitudes, in US terms, to abortion, civil partnerships and illegal immigration, have not impressed those who booed him at the Conservative Political Action Conference a few weeks ago.

Sometimes these are at odds with each other, so that some negotiation between them is necessary, as with the introduction of civil partnerships.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

Not on my own account I hasten to add but in support of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, the London couple who are challenging the Government to extend to all couples the right to a civil partnership and whose campaign came to a climax at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Finally, Nick Hurd, the Cabinet Office MInister, spoke for the Government at the end of the debate: I really believe that we have barely scratched the surface of what can be achieved in this country if we strike a more effective and balanced partnership between government, business and civil society, including active citizens in our communities who want to get more involved.

Mr Brown released a statement to the gay community saying: «I'm very proud of all that this government has achieved on LGBT rights these last 12 years; from equalising the age of consent, lifting the ban on military service, introducing gay adoption and creating civil partnerships to scrapping section 28, introducing the Gender Recognition Act and banning discrimination at work and in the provision of goods and services.

The currencies of the international partnership, trade and aid are at risk unless we stand together, with one voice, and demand that these systemic issues be addressed,» he told the gathering of leaders from civil society organisations (CSOs), businesses, religious bodies and diplomats.

Theresa May (pictured at church in her Maidenhead constituency today with husband Philip) is facing the threat of a major escalation in the Tory civil war if she tries to force through plans for a customs partnership with the EU

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD), in partnership with the Civil Society Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals, has led a nationwide consultative process with state and non-state actors targeted at harmonizing all relevant information on the Sustainable Development Goals in the country.

Many at the meeting agreed it was marriage the LGBT community needed, not domestic partnerships or civil unions.

«But there are also many hardworking married families or in civil partnerships where one of the parents is working hard at bringing up children in the home.

The amendment would come into effect from 2015 and be available to all married couples or those in civil partnerships with at least one child living at home below the age of five, allowing the Chancellor to alter the age qualifications at subsequent Budgets.

The biggest obstacle is «Civil Partnerships» and their equivalents: these are tantamount to the «separate but equal» policy that fuelled discrimination in the United States until people began to realise that «separate but equal» is not equal at all.

In the interview, which will be shown exclusively on Channel 4 News at 7 pm tonight, the Tory leader becomes confused when questioned on MEP votes for homophobic legislation, and UK votes on civil partnerships in Quaker churches — specifically on whether those votes would be free or whipped for his MPs.

He explained that the project which is in partnership with civil society and development partners is a five year initiative aimed at integrating all affected miners who will be taken out of the mining concessions.

The gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to vote against an amendment to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples that had prompted government warnings that it would derail the entire measure.

Europe Minister Chris Bryant likely to be first to hold civil partnership ceremony at the Houses of Parliament - Guardian

The couple are Sophie Chandler and Sarah Louise Wiggett who held their civil partnership on 30th July 2012 at Court Garden Farm, Ditchling East Sussex... Read more»

45 % would like a religious ceremony and 48 % intend to walk up an aisle at their civil partnership.

Together with the numerous partnerships established to further specific aspects of sustainable development, these commitments and those who made them have to be kept honest through scrutiny by civil society and the public at large.

Implemented one year ago and developed by a multidisciplinary team, the company's preparation for the operation at the Rio 2016 Olympics included three company exercises and another two in partnership with the Civil Aviation Department at the airports in São Paulo (Congonhas and Guarulhos) and Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont and Galeão).

Court rules now generally require attendance at a mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM) before initiating court actions regarding children or financial arrangements on divorce or civil partnership dissolution.

However, in Wilkinson v Kitzinger [2006] All ER (D) 210 (Apr) the President of the Family Division, Sir Mark Potter, distinguished between marriage and civil partnership on the basis that the former must be between a man and a woman as provided for in the MCA 1973, legislation which was originally debated in the late 1960s at a time when homosexuality had only been legalised by the Sexual Offences Act 1967.

At the time of implementation, there was a conscious effort by the legislature to distinguish civil partnership from marriage, but it is a sign of constantly changing attitudes that the government now proposes to legislate for same - sex marriage.

The Commission is canvassing a change in legislation which will enable parties to issue a divorce petition at any time after their marriage or civil partnership.

Couples can hold a ceremony or have a simple conversion at a registry office and obtain a marriage certificate which is backdated to the date of the civil partnership.

As regards the finding of indirect discrimination, the EAT accepted that the requirement for all registrars to perform civil partnership ceremonies placed persons of the claimant's religion at a particular disadvantage in comparison with other persons who do not share the same religion.

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