Britain proposes same-sex partnership registry
The British government announced plans today to create a register of same-sex partnerships that would give homosexual couples most of the same legal rights as married couples, including social security benefits and the right to inherit property tax-free, but failed to provide an actual equivalent. Jacqui Smith, minister for women and equality in Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, said that homosexual couples would be able to enter into legal partnerships through registry offices, which handle civil marriages in the U.K. In addition, a framework would be set up for dissolution of such partnerships, including "fair arrangement for property division" and "appropriate contact with children." We here at queer day wonder if they expect queer couples to have divorce proceedings, why England won't be granting actual marriages? Cybercast
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