Tag: Rebecca Steinfeld
Reaction: Government allows heterosexuals to enter into civil partnerships
Campaigner Peter Tatchell: «We campaigned for equal civil partnerships for all».
Appeal Court rules against heterosexual civil partnerships
But judges say civil partnership discrimination is not sustainable.
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.
Time for straight equality in civil partnership law
A historic, landmark legal challenge against the UK government has begun in the High Court in London. It seeks to overturn the legislative ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships.