BBC Radio 5 interview on Civil Partnerships
Friday July 25, Stephen Nolan Programme (presented tomorrow by Nick Wallis)
BBC Radio 5 Live debate on Civil Partnerships
3 years down the road, 18,000 civil partnerships later – are they working for you?
Dead or Alive’s Pete Burns recently said – think they’re destined not to work.
Gino Meriano says ” it’s important we are not looked upon as second class and paramount we are seen as equal in a modern society when it comes to building stable relationships and families”
this is an outrage. It’s not about bullying or religious beliefs it’s about bringing the church into statutory duties, if Miss Ladele had such a problem with performing Civil Partnerships because of her faith and with the move in modern times and the inclusion of the Civil Partnership Act then the natural course of action would have been to resign and join a church as a celebrant. The process is very clear and the courts have made a bad judgement and may well cause a major problem across the UK in ruling such a ridiculous conclusion. This must be contested and further action taken. It is time we looked at finally separating church from state.
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