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The perversion of equality
National Post – November 26, 2010
Couple seek legal option to replace Mr. and Mrs.
We are ‘equals’
A heterosexual British couple is challenging the law on civil partnerships after an application was turned down. At present, only gay couples are eligible. Ian Goggin, 21, and Kristin Skarsholt, 22, who are Quakers and live in Bristol, western England, said they wanted the security and stability of a legal commitment without having to get married, the BBC reported. They are among eight couples – four heterosexual, four gay – taking their case to the courts, arguing the law is discriminatory.
Homosexualists assist push to further erode marriage in Britain
November 9, 2010
UK gay group backs straight couple’s bid to gain same partnership rights as same-sex couples
Canadian Press Newswire
LONDON – Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle are in love and want to tie the knot – but they don’t want to get married. The 26-year-old Londoners think they should be allowed to have a civil partnership, a form of legal union available in Britain only to same-sex couples.
Married couples with kids in the minority for first time
CTV News – October 4, 2010
Married couples with kids in the minority for first time
For the first time there are more single Canadian adults than married Canadians, a new report says. Canadians are also working longer hours, and spending less time with their families – and the families they have are less likely to be the traditional nuclear family. Those are just some of the findings in Families Count: Profiling Canada’s Families IV, a new report released Monday by the Vanier Institute of the Family.
UK pushback against Europe’s human rights extremism
The Daily Telegraph – July 30, 2010
We will not accept your word as law, Supreme Court tells Europe
European judges do not always understand the British way of doing things and UK courts will not simply “lie down” to their rulings, Strasbourg was warned yesterday. Lord Phillips, the President of the UK Supreme Court, said judges at the European Court of Human Rights may not “fully appreciate” how things work in the UK. His deputy, Lord Hope insisted courts here will not just accept everything Strasbourg says and will insist some rulings are explained “more fully.”