I think a civil partnership is all the nice things about being married with all the not so great things about getting married taken out. And why the hell not?
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What are the “not so great things”?
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traditions that sometimes doesn't treat people equally, sexist vows, bridesmaids, religion, more sexism - instead, straight people [if they want to] can now show the world they are a legally bound couple who love each other, without the suffocating nonsense.
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Traditions don’t mean modern marriage is bad. My marriage vows were equal on both sides, not sexist. Nothing to do with religion. Bridesmaids no different to Best Man and totally optional. Not suffocating at all. How bizarre!
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Some people - ie - people who are not you - don't agree with you. Some people find marriage ceremonies quite suffocating - isn't it nice that we now have a ceremony that suits some people better.
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Unfortunately I agree with JHB. A marriage ceremony can be whatever you want it to be. As can a marriage. My wife and I are completely equal, we didnt have anything religious, married in a registry office without bridesmaids or best man. No need for another option.
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If a marriage ceremony can be 'whatever you want' maybe that's part of the problem with it.
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Not sure I follow. Their argument was that marriage is religious and there are patriarchal connotations. But that's only true if that's what YOU make of YOUR marriage. Mine has neither. It's the people that are the problem, not the institution of marriage.
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since when has marriage or a civil partnership been any measure of how much you love someone? With a 50% divorce rate marriage is an outdated ceremony and legal tie that ultimately screws men when the inevitable divorce happens, there's plenty of happy cohabiting lovers
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Marriage is actually a very successful institution. Couples who are married stay together far longer than those who cohabit.
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Not married but been together ,cohabiting, for 29 years. Two well-adjusted daughters in late teens and early twenties later all’s well in our home. Many friends on second and even third marriages. It’s all about commitment and willingness to make things work, not a licence.
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"Let's run away with each other darling and register our partnership legally, then we'll get a TV license and a log book for our Micra, it shall be so romantic"
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Honestly Julia, what's it to you? Does it 'really' bother you? Or is it just something to tweet about? It doesn't matter in the wider scheme of things, it really doesn't. If that's the way they prefer to keep their relationship - theirs, not yours - then why shouldn't they.
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I’m an atheist, and I’m heterosexual. Heterosexual people should have the same rights as gays, atheists should be able to have their partnerships recognised in law in the same way that religious people do. It’s called equality.
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You can do that now. I got married in a Registry Office, a civil ceremony fully recognised in law, full equality & no religion involved.
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Likewise. I've been a little baffled about CP's because I can't see the difference between that & a registry office marriage. That said I agree, each to their own & if it works for them & they're happy, that's fine.
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This is what true romance looks like from my aircraft camera on Sundaypic.twitter.com/rNnRWKkf3q
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