Tag: civil partnerships
Reaction: Government allows heterosexuals to enter into civil partnerships
Campaigner Peter Tatchell: «We campaigned for equal civil partnerships for all».
UK Supreme Court awards equal pension rights to same-sex spouse
The British Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a gay retiree’s husband is entitled to the same pension benefits a wife would enjoy regardless of when payment into the program began.
UK Supreme Court bid for gay pension equality
Liberty client John Walker’s landmark legal battle to secure equal pension benefits for his husband will, if he wins, end the financial penalisation of thousands of same-sex couples in civil partnerships and civil marriages.
High Court rules against heterosexual civil partnerships
A High Court judge, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE, this morning ruled that the government’s discrimination against opposite-sex couples by denying them access to civil partnerships is legitimate and justified.
Civil partnerships: An important advance but flawed
Peter Tatchell, Equal Love coordinator and Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, writes about civil partnerships.