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发帖数: 1822 | 1 Peter Tatchell writes:
“We wish William and Kate every happiness. May they have a joyful
marriage and a wonderful married life together.
“The royal couple are lucky. They have the option to get married. Gay
couples don’t have this option. They are barred by law from marriage.
“We urge Kate and William to support marriage equality: the right of
same-sex couples to get married. Their support would mean a lot. They
take for granted the right to marry. Marriage is something that many
lesbian and gay couples want but cannot have.
“Gay marriage is a simple issue of respect, equality and fairness. In a
democracy, we should all be equal before the law. This means an equal
right to marry, regardless of sexual orientation.
“Gay couples are allowed civil partnerships. But this is not equality.
They cannot get married in a register office like their heterosexual
family and friends. This is discrimination and discrimination is wrong.
“There would be uproar if the government banned Jewish people from
marriage and offered them civil partnerships instead. We would call it
an anti-Semitic law; something we would expect in Nazi Germany not
democratic Britain. Well, Jews are not banned from marriage but gay
people are.
“The ban on gay civil marriages is opposed by nearly two-thirds of the
British people, according to an opinion poll by Populous in June 2009.
The poll found that 61% of the public believe that: “Gay couples should
have an equal right to get married, not just to have civil
partnerships.” Only 33% disagreed.
http://www.populuslimited.com/the-times-the-times-gay-britain-p
100609.html
“A new poll taken today would almost certainly register even more public
support for marriage equality – and for the right of heterosexual
couples to have a civil partnership, from which they are banned.
“On 2 February this year, eight couples - four gay and four heterosexual
- filed a joint legal application to the European Court of Human Rights,
to overturn the twin bans on gay civil marriages and heterosexual civil
partnerships. Their applications are sponsored by the Equal Love
campaign, which seeks to end sexual orientation discrimination in both
civil marriage and civil partnership law. It is supported by the Peter
Tatchell Foundation and the LGBTI campaign group OutRage!,” said Mr
Tatchell
http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/partnerships/royal-wedding
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