Civil partnerships: Law to change for mixed-sex couples
from BBC News:
All couples in England and Wales will be able to choose to have a civil partnership rather than get married, Theresa May has announced.
The move, which follows a Supreme Court ruling, will give mixed-sex couples and their families the option of greater security, the government said.
And it will address the “imbalance” that allows same-sex couples to choose, but not mixed-sex couples.
A couple who campaigned for the right said it was a “major step” forward.
But they said they would only celebrate “when legislation is agreed”.
Others have taken to social media to welcome the news and even take the extra step of proposing civil partnerships to their partners.
Catherine Oakley sent a message on WhatsApp to her boyfriend Sam, who she describes as “the embodiment of understatement”, asking him to “not marry me”.
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