Why Are Straight Couples Not Allowed The Same Options As Gay And Lesbian Couples?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/peter-g-tatchell/civil-partnerships_b_5536994.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

/// Since the legalisation of same-sex civil marriage, for the first time in British history, gay and lesbian couples have a legal advantage over straight ones. Same-sex couples have two options: civil marriage and civil partnership. In contrast, opposite-sex couples have only one option: marriage. This is profoundly unjust and unfair. ///

[pixie373]

That would really set those apart, though, zeuhl. That wasn't the aim.

[andres]

Once again I will say it -----I am sick and tired of hearing about gay people . We are' bending over backwards' to accommodate their every whim .

[Zeuhl]

I can't imagine any couple - gay or straight - who have decided to commit, opting for CP rather than marriage.

CP was always just an attempt to fob off Gays and is now an untidy hang-over.

I really don't know why they didn't deal with it when they legislated for equality in marriage.

[Zeuhl]

/gay people .
We are' bending over backwards' to accommodate their every whim/

Well you might be andres - and each to their own

Personally I'm not aware of accepting much that was unreasonable or inequitable.

[askyourgran]

How old are your days C&J - to remember 'common practice'? You have hetero dogs! Unless it has escaped your notice we are in 2014 now, and I can well remember 60 years ago thank you.

[pixie373]

Every whim? Like being able to marry?

[andres]

To Colinandjess---How long ago was it when women walked behind their menfolk in the uk? Just curious

[jackthehat]

///Once again I will say it -----I am sick and tired of hearing about gay people . We are' bending over backwards' to accommodate their every whim///

Can you give some examples of where you have been seriously incommoded by the 'whims' of gay people?

[EcclesCake]

JTH, fabulous choice of word......makes me think that Andres in the s h1t....and I don't think I'm wrong ;-)

[sp1814]

andres

Your point is valid, but one has to ask - after telling us how sick and tired you are, why did you feel the need to return to a thread which you must be sick and tired of, to tell us again?

Put another way - I have zero interest in the World Cup, so if I saw a thread on AB discussing it, I would actively avoid it.

I also avoid discussion programmes, Sky Sports etc.

Just curious as to what interest you have in this thread.

Not a criticism...just curiosity.