Sentences with phrase «holding civil partnership ceremonies»

«It was petty and authoritarian to ban faith organisations like the Quakers from holding civil partnership ceremonies, when they clearly expressed a wish to do so.

While government plans would not force churches to hold civil partnership ceremonies, the decision to allow them to do so has created a ground swell of confidence among liberal religious figures.

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

Not exact matches

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

«Allowing civil partnership ceremonies to have a religious content and to be held in places of worship is a significant advance for gay and religious freedom,» he said.

The BHA has responded in light of remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, stating that the Church of England would not support permit civil partnership ceremonies to be held in its churches, nor would it support any attempts to have equal gay marriage.

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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.

A civil partnership ceremony had to be held at an approved venue.