Northern Ireland gay marriage ban will see legal challenge in 2015 – Amnesty
Rights group makes prediction in new year message as Irish Republic gears up for spring referendum on legalising gay marriage
Amnesty International has predicted that a gay couple will challenge the ban on same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland through the courts in 2015.
On the same day Scotland saw its first same-sex marriage, Amnesty’s new year message in Northern Ireland welcomed any legal case against the ban in the region.
Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty’s Northern Ireland programme director, said: “We look forward to seeing that discrimination being challenged in the Northern Ireland courts during 2015.
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