As anticipated the United Kingdom’s Government Equalities Office has launched an equal civil marriage consultation. The purpose of the 3-month long consultation is to seek the views of the public in England and Wales “on how we can remove the ban on same-sex couples having a civil marriage in a way that works for everyone. [...]

The government of the United Kingdom, currently led by a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, is expected to begin the process of removing the ban on civil marriage for same-sex couples this week. The process begins when the Government Equalities Office officially launches a 12-week public consultation process. Barred from civil marriage law in the UK, same-sex [...]

Tuesday, December 15 the British House of Lords is scheduled to debate the Equality Bill.  The stated purpose of the bill is “to harmonise discrimination law, and to strengthen the law to support progress on equality.”  In other words, the bill would consolidate and streamline the current hodge-podge of discrimination law as well as bring [...]