What if a peer has a gay marriage
Peer: What if a lesbian Queen in a gay marriage has IVF?
A Peer has raised questions over how legislation to redefine marriage would affect laws on royal succession.
The issue was raised as the Dwelling of Lords debated the Succession to the Crown Bill, which proposes a number of changes surrounding laws on the monarchy.
Lord Right, who brought forward an amendment on the issue, told a newspaper: “What happens if we have a woman loving woman queen in a same-sex marriage who conceives using an egg implanted with donor sperm?
Thought through
“The law should be clear, but this is a question that has not been idea through in the Bill.”
However, the Government said that the amendment was not necessary.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness, a Government law officer, told the Dwelling of Lords: “The laws governing the succession require that the heir must be the natural-born child of a husband and wife”.
Reflect
However Lord True, while removing his amendment on the issue, commented: “This may seem fanciful or long in the future, but I believe Parliament should reflect on it”.
He added: “I trust the question will inevitably arise.”
Earlier th
Gay marriage: Peers permit legislation
Same-sex marriage in England and Wales is a step closer to becoming law after the House of Lords approved the modify.
Peers backed a government bill paving the way for gay couples to marry. It is set to get law by the end of the week, with the first weddings in 2014.
Labour's Lord Alli said its alley meant "my animation and many others will be improve today than it was yesterday".
But Tory peer Lord Framlingham said the "ill-thought through" change had been "bulldozed" through Parliament.
Peers approved the principle of homosexual marriage last month, despite efforts by opponents to "wreck" the legislation.
MPs had earlier done the same, in the face of conflict from many Conservatives, the Church of England and other faith groups.
Supporters of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill wore pink carnations during Monday's proceedings in the Lords, during which a series of minor amendments - including one relating to pension benefits for same-sex couples - were proposed.
Government minister Lady Stowell said the bill "puts right something which is wrong" and had been improved
Abstract
This chapter explores whether Californians in same-sex legal marriages and partnerships reported reduce levels of psychological distress than other adult Californians after the 2008 California Supreme Court Decision that legalized same-sex marriage. We pooled 10 years of California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data and recruit a T1-T2 design to approximate a time series design. Dependent variables incorporate overall self-related health, psychological distress, and household income. Independent variables include sexual identity and same-sex spouse. Bi-variate analyses compared self-reported mental and physical health between the two periods. We found decreased reports of poorer health and increased reports of very good health among homosexual men and lesbian women with legal spouses. Psychological distress decreased for legally coupled gay men and lesbians while increased slightly among unpartnered lesbian women and gay men. Common income increased among coupled lesbian women and lgbtq+ men and decreased among others. Our project demonstrated positive health influences for Californians with legal queer spouses. We recommend future research projects that investigate whether and
The issue of gay marriage does some strange things to certain people. The matter certainly can fetch out strong feelings. For instance, I recently testified before an Ohio Residence of Representatives committee on the subject and there was a man there who shouted “Sieg Heil!” repeatedly after most of the people finished their testimony. He was quite loud. Later, he called me a “jesus nazi.” I’ve been called many names before but that was the first moment for that one.
The issue may also impact one’s hearing and reading ability. At least that could be one explanation for how reporter Eric Resnick of the Gay People’s Chronicle misquoted and misrepresented my testimony so poorly. Another explanation is that the faulty reporting was deliberate.
He started out okay by noting that my testimony would describe a study that addressed “how psychologists regard the differences between homosexual partners and heterosexual marriages.” However, his reporting went downhill from there. Even though he apparently had my written remarks, he noted that I was published in journals of the American Mental Health Counselors Association but omitted my publications in Ameri
‘Paving the Way For Polygamy’
- Gay marriage could lead to sibling weddings and multiple spouses, former Archbishop of Canterbury warns
- Lord Carey says procreation is essential to marriage: homosexual love is not enough
- But same-sex unions are nothing new and have been around for millennia, anthropologist argues
- Supporters and opponents brought head to head in new Civitas collection
Legalising gay marriage will pave the way for polygamy and even siblings getting wed, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey warns in a new book.
The peer says that the ground-breaking relocate will lead to demands for multiple-spouse marriages and weddings between cohabiting sisters.
Lord Carey, who will guide the fightback against male lover marriage in the Dwelling of Lords next week, argues that homosexual romance and commitment are not enough to warrant marriage – because there is no natural possibility of children.
His hard-hitting intervention comes in a wide-ranging collection of views on the subject of same-sex marriage published by the independent think tank Civitas.
Pitted against Lord Carey’s stance in The Meaning of Matrimony: Debating Same-Sex Marriage a