Same Sex Marriage, Oh What A Tangled Web Has Been Woven?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10654305/Men-banned-from-becoming-Queen-as-700-years-of-law-redrafted-ahead-of-gay-marriage.html

/// “This is yet another attack on those who opposed the redefinition of marriage, or believe that equality is not just about destroying the institutions that have helped to bind us together for centuries for the sake of political correctness.” ///

[jno]

this'll be a blow to Elton John.

[boxtops]

Seriously, have all the army of people redrafting all this legislation got nothing better to do with their time?

[Ann]

Am I allowed to say what a sad country this is becoming? I despair of it all .......

[boxtops]

It's not just this country, ann - I am sad to see all the old statutes and institutions being blown away, "just in case".

[Ann]

Me too Boxy :(

[whiskeryron]

Lunatics definitely running the Asylum now.

Ron.

[RandyMarsh]

the sun will come up tomorrow as normal people.

[woofgang]

but they aren't being blown away, if anything, saying that a male companion to a monarch cannot be a queen or bear any other female title is surely STRENGTHENING the traditions of the country

[boxtops]

To me, woof, it's a pretty clear definition already - a Queen or a Princess is a female title, so it has to be a female.

[sp1814]

What's the big deal?

Some statutes are being reworded.

Happened when civil partnerships became law, and it's happening again.

[mushroom25]

so, what title would a same-sex marriage partner of a monarch have conferred on them?

[boxtops]

If due to historical requirements, the female mayors in our town are still addressed as Mr Mayor, presumably a male partner could be Mr Queen - or the Rt Hon King's Escort?

[sp1814]

Possibly Queen's Consort or King's Consort.

Or maybe they'll be given the title Duke or Duchess.

[mushroom25]

now that the law recognizes the possibility of a married gay monarch, would the adopted child of a gay royal marriage be first in line to the throne?

[Prudie]

Mr Queen? I suppose I'm not supposed to laugh at the double entendre.

[andres]

Would this be the end of the line for the Monarchy. ?There would not be any children from such a union.

[boxtops]

..but there aren't always children from a man-and-woman marriage, andres - that's why there's always a line of succession waiting in the wings.

[sp1814]

mushroom25

I think the rules of royal assent would rule out an adopted child being heir to the throne.

[jim360]

This set of changes to a huge amount of legislation going back many centuries was always on the cards for such a momentous redefinition of legal marriage. Hardly surprising, and hardly revolutionary either. Most of them amount to a rewording to change "husband" and "wife", rather than anything that drastic. At any rate, any fuss there was to be had over same-sex marriage should be about principle rather than legal difficulties.

[LazyGun]

Seems a sensible thing to do - to tidy up the legislation in advance of same-sex marriage. All too often Governments are criticized for not having prepared the ground when new legislation is introduced.

The spokesman from The Coalition for Marriage sounds hysterical, to me.