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Gay marriage bid by Richard & David

New attempt to end sexual orientation discrimination ‘Equal Love’ campaign seeks gay marriages & straight civil partnerships Gay male couple to apply for civil marriage 10.30am, Tuesday 2 December 2010 Greenwich Register Office Town Hall Wellington Street Woolwich, London SE18 6PW A gay male couple, David Watters and Richard Hull, will apply for a civil Gay marriage bid by Richard & David

Gay marriage bid in Petersfield

‘Equal Love’ campaign seeks gay marriages & straight civil partnerships Lesbian couple to apply for civil marriage 12.45pm, Tuesday 30 November 2010 Petersfield Registration Office The Old College, College Street Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4AG A lesbian couple, Colette French and Katie Green, will apply for a civil marriage licence, in a direct challenge to the Gay marriage bid in Petersfield

Heterosexual equality bid by Ian and Kristin

Straight couple will apply for a civil partnership Discrimination against opposite-sex couples challenged Tuesday 23 November 2010 11.15am Register Office The Old Council House Corner of Corn Street and Broad Street Bristol BS1 1JG A heterosexual couple, Ian Goggin and Kristin Skarsholt, will challenge the legal ban on straight civil partnerships by filing an application Heterosexual equality bid by Ian and Kristin

Gay marriage bid rejected

Legal action now planned by Scott & Matthew Gay marriage ban violates Human Rights Act ‘Equal Love’ campaign seeks gay marriages & straight civil partnerships A gay couple’s application for a civil marriage licence was today refused by Northampton register office. Matthew Toresen (48) and Scott Maloney (42) applied for a civil marriage, in a Gay marriage bid rejected

Heterosexual couple denied equality

Civil partnership ban defied, but licence refused ‘Equal Love’ campaign opposes exclusion of straight couples A heterosexual couple, Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, were refused a civil partnership at Islington Register Office in London this morning, Tuesday, 9 November. The registrar cited the legal ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships as the reason for the refusal. Heterosexual couple denied equality

Heterosexual equality bid backed by OutRage!

Straight couple defy civil partnership ban Exclusion of opposite-sex couples challenged Tuesday 9 November 2010 10.15am Register Office Islington Town Hall Upper Street, London N1 2UD A heterosexual couple, Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, will challenge the ban on straight civil partnerships by filing an application at Islington Register Office in London this Tuesday, 9 Heterosexual equality bid backed by OutRage!

Gay marriage bid rejected

Lesbian couple will now take legal action: Gay marriage ban violates Human Rights Act, they say ‘Equal Love’ campaign seeks gay marriages & straight civil partnerships A lesbian couple’s application for a civil marriage licence was today refused by Greenwich register office in south-east London. Rev Sharon Ferguson (52) and her partner Franka Strietzel (49) Gay marriage bid rejected

Gay marriage bid by lesbian couple

New attempt to end sexual orientation discrimination ‘Equal Love’ campaign seeks gay marriages & straight civil partnerships 11.15am, Tuesday 2 November 2010 Greenwich Register Office Town Hall Wellington Street Woolwich, London SE18 6PW A lesbian couple, Rev Sharon Ferguson (52) and her partner Franka (49), will apply for a civil marriage licence, in a direct Gay marriage bid by lesbian couple

‘Equal Love’ campaign launched

Legal bid to end sexual orientation discrimination Britain’s new Equal Love campaign was launched today with a news conference in London. It aims to challenge the twin bans on gay marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships, with eight couples filing applications at register offices and then, when they are refused, bringing a joint legal action in ‘Equal Love’ campaign launched

Legal challenge to ban on gay marriage & straight civil partnerships

Gay couples will file applications for civil marriages Heterosexual couples will apply for civil partnerships Legal bid to end sexual orientation discrimination NEWS CONFERENCE Equal Love campaign 10.15am, Tuesday 26 October 2010 Halfway to Heaven pub, 7 Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF (off Trafalgar Square). See map here: This news conference will be chaired by Legal challenge to ban on gay marriage & straight civil partnerships