“A 73-year old man who has a criminal record for being in a gay relationship in the 1950s has applied to have his conviction struck out.”
BBC News, 28th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Christian who was demoted in his job for a comment he wrote on Facebook about gay marriages has won a breach of contract action against his employers.”
BBC News, 16th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Andrew Commins, barrister, associate member of St John’s Chambers in Bristol analyses the legal issues relating to the question of gay marriage.”
Family Law Week, 24th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A gay couple have sued the owner of bed and breakfast accommodation after she refused to let them stay in a double room because of her religious views.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office will, from 1 October, begin the process of correcting an anomaly in the criminal records system which has for decades seen gay men unfairly stigmatised.”
Home Office, 10th September 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff that wilfully fail to use stories or textbooks promoting same-sex weddings, it is claimed. Aidan O’Neill, a senior QC and expert on religious freedom and human rights, also warned that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their child from lessons.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tomorrow (4 September) the Strasbourg Court will hear complaints in four applications that UK law has failed adequately to protect the applicants’ right to manifest their religion, contrary to Articles 9 (freedom of religion) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The American humourist PJ O’Rourke once said that it was funny how those who wanted to share their religious views with you, never wanted you to share yours with them. The European Court of Human Rights is about to have to share its views with all of us: this week it is hearing four cases on religion and the law.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th September 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Thousands of men with historic convictions for consensual gay sex will be able to apply to have these records deleted from October, as the Home Office begins to correct an anomaly in the criminal records system.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The freedom of Christians to wear crosses at work and to refuse to support same-sex relationships will come under international legal scrutiny at the European court of human rights this week.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The campaign to win a pardon for the UK’s computer genius Alan Turing has been stepped up by the introduction today of a Private Members Bill in the House of Lords.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the latest financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, June 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“The debate over same-sex unions could have been avoided if civil partnerships had been described as marriage by the Government, a top divorce lawyer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Opposing gay marriage is not offensive or homophobic, the advertising watchdog has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers have pledged to push through legislation to give same-sex couples equal rights to get married despite mounting opposition from within the Conservative party and the threat of a split with the Church of England.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government’s Consultation on Equal Civil Marriage ends on Thursday 14 June: you can fill in the brief online survey here if you haven’t already. In the meantime, the Church of England is on the front pages this morning with its own response, which amongst other things, warns that ‘it seems extremely doubtful’ that the European Court of Human Rights ‘would uphold the right of a state to retain gender inequality in civil partnerships once the state had legislated for equal marriage’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“While the judge’s reasons for finding against Trimingham are clear, the conclusions to be drawn for future harassment cases against the media are not.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There’s been quite a commotion about gay marriage in the last few weeks following the Government’s apparent plans to shelve or delay its introduction with MP Gerald Howarth, amongst others, saying that the Tories’ stance on gay marriage was partly to blame for their performance at the local elections. A slightly narrow focus one might think when the Labour party, for whom more people voted in the local elections, supports gay marriage and when it is perhaps the economy that is at the forefront of many voters minds.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
” An attempt by evangelical Christians to promote ‘gay cure’ therapies on the sides of London buses was banned last night, sparking an angry row over free speech.”
The Independent, 13th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Same-sex couples have moved a step closer to the right to marry in a civil ceremony. The Home Office today launched a consultation on how to allow everyone to have a civil marriage.”
Home Office, 15th March 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
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