Same-sex civil marriage by 2015

The government has promised to allow same-sex civil marriage in England and Wales by 2015.

by The Friend Newsdesk 23rd September 2011

There has been a mixed reaction from equality campaigners.  Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said that a consultation on the subject – delayed from this year – will begin in spring 2012. ‘To deny one group of people the same opportunities available to another is not simply discriminatory, she said, ‘It is simply not fair.’