When Gay marriages become legal, will one member take the others surname as in heterosexual marriages? If so how will they decide?

[Bramleyboy]

When Gay marriages become legal, will one member take the others surname as in heterosexual marriages? If so how will they decide? Just a thought!
Thanks.

[jackthehat]

If they want to........

[2sp_]

One of my best friends is planning to marry her girlfriend (as soon as she can actually use that term legally), they plan to go double-barrelled. The jury is still out on which name will go first though!

[friedgreentomato]

'heterosexual marriages' do not always take one anothers name - it is a personal choice

[Maydup]

I read of a double barrelled solution last week which was Burke-Burrage.

Sounded fine to me and the order chosen simply on the way its said. ie Burke-Burrage sounds infinitely better than Burrage-Burke.

[Barmaid]

Anyone can call themselves anything they like as long as it is not with intent to defraud. So the couples can decide to take either name or a combination of both or a completely new name.

[Barmaid]

As to how they will decide - same way as any of us would make that decision. Do I want to take my husband's name? Do I want to double barrell it? Should he take my name? When I got divorced I want to lose the name pronto, before reverting to my maiden name I did consider taking my grandmother's name.

[FredPuli43]

They don't seem to bother when in civil partnerships; Mr Furness is not known as Mr John, for example; so the question is not likely to arise when the partnership and marriage ceremony is called a marriage instead.

Nothing in the marriage service amounts to 'you are now Mr and Mrs Smith' when Miss Jones marries Mr Smith, and there is no law requiring that. My wife called herself Mrs [professional name] and that name was not even her maiden name. She used Mrs Puli only for some government documents, to avoid some jobsworth or civil servant being confused.

[normchurch]

The Australian parliament has just thrown out a move for gay marriage. Bless them!

[ummmm]

Much to my OH's dismay I will never change my name.

[ladybirder]

Bless them
Why ^ normchurch?

[gingejbee]

Presumably, normchurch doesn't think gay people should be treated as equals. Perhaps he should move to Australia?