English county in a knot over partnership registry
In England, outrage sparked at a Buckinghamshire County Council meeting when Councillor Margaret Dewar said the local authority, which runs the marriage registration service, may offer partnership ceremonies. Councillor Frank Sweatman said fine, but he wanted an assurance partnership services would be for heterosexual couples only, who for some reason might want all the benefits of marriage and a legal ceremony without an actual marriage. Anyway, all hell broke loose, and Councillor Bob Woollard was heard to say, "On the face of it we have gone back 20 years to the days of Red Ken, the Loonie Left and the GLC." Bucks Free Press
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