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Baroness aiming to stop religious civil partnerships

The progression of allowing civil partnerships in religious premises could be abruptly stopped by Conservative peer Detta O’Cathain after she lodged a prayer to annul in opposition of the legislation. According to peer Elaine Murphy, “this weird wording means a debate raised to protest against a negative statutory instrument (SI). Under the standard negative procedure,…

Quaker delight for same-sex marriage

Quakers in Britain are preparing themselves for further action on same-sex marriage this week after a weekend of activity in the national media. Last year, before the change in government, parliament passed the Equality Act, which will allow civil partnerships to be celebrated at some religious premises, if the faith group agrees. Anticipating further progress…