User:LisaNotsimpson/insert to UK Civil Partnerships
Unusually, the one-hour registration ceremony of the first partnership in the county of Devon, England, (held at Oldway Mansion) was officially witnessed by the Mayor of Torbay and his dignitaries, a hundred international guests, television, radio, and members of the press.[1][2][3] The BBC television coverage described it as a “wedding service … [that] was part of English legal history” and in an interview with one of the couple, Peter Scott-Morgan, reported him saying about civil partnership: “People should not pay attention to [a couple’s] race, religion or gender – they should be looking at the love."[4]
- ^ Peter Scott-Morgan, Famous GLTB, Matt & Andrej Koymasky.
- ^ Personal life, Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan official website.
- ^ "Gay marriage: Major shift in social mores", Ginny Ware, Herald Express. 2 January 2006. Archive copy, retrieved 14 February 2006.
- ^ "Gay couples among first to 'wed'", BBC News. 21 December 2005.