Next week the Lords will be discussing marriage equality in the (full house) committee stage of the bills progression through the House of Lords. A few of the proposed amendments have now been published and I find them quite revealing in their prejudices. Here are a couple just to give you a flavour (full listings here and here) After Clause 1 LORD DEAR Insert the following new Clause— “Protecting belief in traditional marriage: public authorities (1) A public authority, or any person exercising a public function, shall have regard to the following— (a) that prior to the coming into force of this Act, marriage was ...

I've no answer to this question, it is simply a question for those more in the know. Tiffer Robinson has pointed out on Twitter an area of possible concern that doesn't seem to be quite covered in the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill. At the moment female same-sex couples have two different ways they can register their children? Female civil partners   Either woman can register the birth on her own if all of the following are true:

• the mother has a child by donor insemination or fertility treatment 

• she was in a civil partnership at the time of the treatment 

• her civil partner is

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