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A GAY MARRIAGE AT LAST!
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A GAY MARRIAGE AT LAST!  Above is a photo of Andrew Wale and Neill Allard, one of the first gay couples to get married in Britain. Along with many other couples, they got married just after midnight after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 came into force today. Before today, gay couples could only enter into a civil partnership under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, which gave gay couples most of the legal rights and responsibilities enjoyed by married couples. However, many gay couples regarded civil partnerships as inferior to civil marriages and gay rights groups campaigned for homosexual couples to enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples. Though the European Court of Human Rights ruled that marriage is not a universal human right, the British government changed the law to allow same-sex marriages. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act excludes Scotland and Northern Ireland. But, following the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014, same-sex marriages are expected to take place in Scotland later this year; there are no plans for same-sex marriages to take place in Northern Ireland. The new law also excludes church weddings. Churches, including the Church of England, are not legally required to conduct same-sex marriages. However, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recently promised that the Church of England would now drop its opposition to same-sex marriages. The Roman Catholic Church, not surprisingly, still opposes same-sex marriages. The issue of gay marriages is almost certain to continue to divide the church. One gay Church of England vicar, Andrew Cain, is planning to marry his partner soon. “And I won't be frightened by what the possible consequences are for me”, he remarked, “I could lose my job, absolutely. Lose my job, my home and my place.” In opposition to gay marriages, Christian Concern’s chief executive, Andrea Williams, recently pronounced: "We can't just redefine an institution - redefine something that always has been - because we say it's something that we want. This is actually very self-centred. This is not about rights; it's about seeking cultural dominance and seeking to redefine marriage for all of us.” A recent BBC survey found that 68 per cent supported and 26 per cent of people opposed the idea of gay marriage. It also found that 22 per cent of people would turn down an invitation to a same-sex wedding, with men and younger people nearly twice as likely to stay away as women and older people respectively. Have you attended a same-sex wedding? Would you accept an invitation to attend a same-sex wedding ceremony? When was the last wedding you went to? I love weddings but I haven’t been to a wedding for ages. I’m also eagerly waiting for my postman to deliver a wedding invitation from my gay friends.   |
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I have attended one between to lovely ladies that were friends of the family. Nice to see acknowledgement
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I have not attended such a wedding but would accept the invitation if one was sent. I have a niece who married another female several years ago, but never got invitation. The last wedding I went to was 1 1/2 years ago...our son got married (not gay wedding).
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Yes I been to a few gay marriages all females getting married. Lots of my co workers were gay so you can figure they got married when it became legal. I would accept one if sent an invitation. Last wedding I was at was in Sep for a friend from work that got married. That wasn't a gay marriage. hugs V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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The two women picture was lovely but that last pic of the two guys was fucking hot! I guess I meant that literally. Ha! Kitkat The observant make the best lovers, I may not do right, but I do write, I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life, Kitkat Come check out my blog KItkat1415 check out this post by me Adventures In Body Grooming #39 April Topic Link: What Lies Beneath If April Showers Oh Bloody Hell What Kind Of Weather Turns Me On Bloggers Symposium 40
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I've never been to a same sex wedding but would go if invited. The last wedding I was at was my daughters....a good few years ago.  ~~Anais Nin~~
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I grew up around many same sex couples. My Great uncle and his partner, Al, were together for over 40 years, until my uncles death. My Great aunt Wilma and her partner Isabel were together 34 years until Isabel's death. My Aunt Carol and her partner Verna were joined in a Holy Union in 1980. I was a flower girl. My cousin Dennis and his partner Dave were together 10 years before Aids took them both, six months apart. I have never understood what the fuss was about. I have watched families come in a destroy the life the above named had built because the life partner had no legal claims to the property in the deceased partners name. I have always felt same sex couples should have the same laws protecting them as traditional married couples have. Taxes, property, health, death benefits that until recently was only available to male/female marriages.
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In the UK, I think couples who got 'married' under a civil partnership agreement cannot now get married, but I think the government is now looking to reverse this anomaly. 
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I have attended one between to lovely ladies that were friends of the family. Nice to see acknowledgement
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Sadly I've not had the joy of attending a same-sex wedding and would be delighted to accept an invitation to one. The last wedding I attended was in 1992 between a same-sex oriented woman and a same-sex oriented man who were best friends... They married because he had terminal cancer and as a friend she would not have been permitted to visit him in the hospital that he would have spent his last months in. I hope the laws regarding such restrictions have changed to more compassionate considerations.
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I have not attended such a wedding but would accept the invitation if one was sent. I have a niece who married another female several years ago, but never got invitation. The last wedding I went to was 1 1/2 years ago...our son got married (not gay wedding).
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I think it'll be many decades before gay marriages are accepted in Northern Ireland - the Roman Catholic Church is much more influential there than the mainland.
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Yes I been to a few gay marriages all females getting married. Lots of my co workers were gay so you can figure they got married when it became legal. I would accept one if sent an invitation. Last wedding I was at was in Sep for a friend from work that got married. That wasn't a gay marriage. hugs V
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The two women picture was lovely but that last pic of the two guys was fucking hot! I guess I meant that literally. Ha! Kitkat
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I've never been to a same sex wedding but would go if invited. The last wedding I was at was my daughters....a good few years ago.
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Quite agree, people showing love is always a good thing.
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I have not attended a same sex wedding. Yes, I'd happily attend any wedding people wanted me at - because if they want it, then it would be churlish not to. Most people I know who have recently married, did so at least a continent away from me! I only hope I wasn't the reason. I'm very pleased that our political folks were able to push this through to law on a cross party ticket and in spite of their back benchers. I imagine it wont be long before it is "normal".
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I could be wrong, but I think people who entered into a civil partnership cannot get married as the law stands.
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I grew up around many same sex couples. My Great uncle and his partner, Al, were together for over 40 years, until my uncles death. My Great aunt Wilma and her partner Isabel were together 34 years until Isabel's death. My Aunt Carol and her partner Verna were joined in a Holy Union in 1980. I was a flower girl. My cousin Dennis and his partner Dave were together 10 years before Aids took them both, six months apart. I have never understood what the fuss was about. I have watched families come in a destroy the life the above named had built because the life partner had no legal claims to the property in the deceased partners name. I have always felt same sex couples should have the same laws protecting them as traditional married couples have. Taxes, property, health, death benefits that until recently was only available to male/female marriages.
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