We may have equal marriage - but LGBTQ+ people are still locked out of equal parenthood | Freddy McConnell
The law is badly lagging behind when it comes to rights for LGBTQ+ families. We need urgent root-and-branch reform
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act is 10 years old. In the UK, any couple can marry. Likewise, thanks to this courageous pair, any couple can now get a civil partnership. On marriage, the law has kept pace with the diversifying society it exists to regulate and protect.
If you reflect on what was updated – the religious institution of marriage – and how long it had been the way it was, it hits you afresh how monumental this step forward was. Yet here we are. The equality of love has become a cliche. Young children have only known a world where every auntie and uncle they’ll ever have could get married. It is meticulous and slow but ultimately, whether through parliament or the courts, the law moves forward.
Freddy McConnell is a freelance journalist
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