verbalresistance:

The government has indicated it is committed to changing the law to allow gay marriage by 2015.

Equality campaigners say the marriage laws are still discriminatory

Ministers are to launch a consultation next spring on how to open up civil marriage to same-sex couples ahead of the next general election.

Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone told the Lib Dem autumn conference that current laws were “simply not fair”.

The leadership of both coalition parties back the move but it is likely to anger some Conservative activists.

And gay rights campaigners have urged the government to act immediately, saying existing laws are discriminatory and a consultation is unnecessary.

At the moment, only men and women are permitted to get married while civil partnerships, which became law in 2005, are limited to same-sex couples…

Read More: BBC News

(via mygayshoes)