What faith groups want to
conduct civil partnerships on their premises?
Coalition plans to allow gay couples to
conduct their civil partnership in religious buildings have met resistance from the Catholic Church.
«It is unlawful to
conduct civil partnership registrations on premises that are not approved for that purpose.
Not exact matches
But exactly how does refusing to
conduct a same - sex
civil partnership ceremony, or refusing to give sex therapy to gay couples, impinge on anyone's rights?
Another very important activity was developing a network of celebrants able to
conduct non-religious funerals, weddings, naming ceremonies and same sex affirmations (before the law allowing gay
civil partnerships).
As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of matters such as: appropriations, fiscal law and financial management; acquisitions, financial assistance and public private
partnerships; innovative financing; real property and asset management; information technology investment and capital planning; employee ethical
conduct, conflicts of interest and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other
civil rights matters; Federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution.
These include shareholder and
partnership disputes; the investigation and pursuit of
civil fraud claims against directors, employees and third parties; international asset tracing; professional negligence claims (including against office holders); Company law claims such as minority shareholder petitions (Section 994 Petitions) and specialist applications in relation to the
conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification proceedings.
Harassment: This describes a situation in which a person is subjected to unwanted
conduct due to marriage or
civil partnership.
Registrar Lillian Ladele, 51, who was disciplined after she declined to
conduct same - sex
civil partnerships
However, the judges were unanimous that there was no violation in the cases of: Nurse Shirley Chaplin, who was moved to a paperwork role after refusing to remove a crucifix, which it argued could cause injury when handling patients; Gary McFarlane, a marriage counsellor, who was sacked for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals; or Registrar Lillian Ladele, who was disciplined after she declined to
conduct same - sex
civil partnerships.
This is in effect
conduct through the «back door» and the approach was criticised by the House of Lords and sensibly so, as it would be a rare case in which the parties had equally decided that their marriage /
civil partnership was at an end and that there had been equal fault on both sides.