Current Version
Region | United Kingdom |
Issue | Same-sex marriage |
Status | Legal |
Start Date | 2012 |
End Date | 2013 |
Description | The legislation allowed religious organisations to opt in to marry same-sex couples should they wish to do so and protected religious organisations and their representatives from successful legal challenge if they did not wish to marry same-sex couples. |
Sources | https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/overview/lawofmarriage-/ |
Revision History (4)
Revision by Belmount. fixed date
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End Date | 2014 | 2013 |
Revision by Belmount. fixed date
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Start Date | 2013 | 2012 |
Revision by Belmount. Somewhere in 2013 this was enacted
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Start Date | Jul 17, 2013 | 2013 |
Revision by cskinner
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End Date | 2014 | 2014 |
Description | The legislation allowed religious organisations to opt in to marry same-sex couples should they wish to do so and protected religious organisations and their representatives from successful legal challenge if they did not wish to marry same-sex couples. | |
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Sources | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/same-sex-marriage-becomes-law http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30 | https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/overview/lawofmarriage-/ |
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Was only legal in England & Wales, Scotland legalised in 2013 and NI in 2020"