Government to ask straight couples if they would like the option of having a civil partnership instead of marriage
from Mail on Sunday:
Straight couples will be asked by the Government if they would like the option of having a civil partnership rather than getting married.
Minister for Women Victoria Atkins is to launch a poll on the issue this month.
The move comes before the start of a Supreme Court case tomorrow challenging the law restricting civil partnerships to same-sex couples.
In a civil partnership – which came into law for same-sex couples in 2005 – a couple is entitled to the same legal treatment in terms of inheritance, tax, pensions and next-of-kin arrangements.
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