Two rings with the word equality on each

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,…

Two rings with the word equality on each

Same-sex partnership consultation opens

The UK government has set out detailed proposals enabling civil partnerships to be registered at religious premises of faith groups who wish to host them. They have also opened a consultation on the subject with the deadline of 23/06/2011. The proposals are occurring as part of the implementation of the 2010 Equality Act. Section 202…