British Gay couples win full rights to 'marriage'

[sweetheart]

· New laws allow partners to share pensions, property
· Overhaul follows anger after Nigel Hawthorne's death

Kamal Ahmed and Gaby Hinsliff
Sunday March 28, 2004
The Observer

The first laws giving gay people the right to 'marry' are to be unveiled this week in one of the most significant changes to Britain's social make-up since the passing of equal opportunities legislation in the 1960s.
Attempting to show it still has a radical edge, the Government will say that all couples who sign up to a committed relationship should have the same rights, regardless of sexual orientation.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1179714,00.html

[Andy_Stephenson]

1. Human Rights granted elsewhere.

But not here.

:shrug:

[sweetheart]

2. celibrate, its a precedent !

British women gained the right to vote before american women... some
trends blow west across the atlantic.

Get excited that British Gays will be emboldened to fight for this
right acround the world.... heck, fly to britain and get married!

:-)

:party:

Take our victories when they count !! 65 million people just got
some human rights.. yahoo!

[Andy_Stephenson]

3. I am just bumming today

sorry to rain on the parade.

[Moderator]

4. Locking

dupe - go here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=448928