Why Are Heterosexuals Not Treated Equally?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/29/heterosexual-couple-civil-partnership-high-court-battle-lose

[Old_Geezer]

Because they've not formed a pressure group.

[andy-hughes]

I don't think anyone has an answer to that - but one may be provided if the couple ratchet up their legal query with higher echelons, which may require that the government address the issues raised.

[ichkeria]

Can I put you on hold while I search for the question you asked about homosexuals not being treated equally in the days before first civil ceremonies and then gay marriages.
What music would you like :-)

[ToraToraTora]

It's be fine if one of them changes sex.

[anotheoldgit]

ichkeria

/// Can I put you on hold while I search for the question you asked about homosexuals not being treated equally in the days before first civil ceremonies and then gay marriages. ///

You will have a long search, because I have never asked that question.

But are you are you just trying to attach a 'tit for tat' attitude to the question?

"You didn't give us equality, so it is time we got our own back".

Is that the way it works?

[naomi24]

Because the law concerning Civil Partnerships is currently inadequate.

[ichkeria]

Thank you for saving me a bit of time AOG.
I'd imagine the answer to the question you didn't actually ask today was:
"Because no one thought the original legislation through properly"

whereas the answer to the one you never asked ever was ... a different one, to do with mores, perceptions of morality etc etc

[sp1814]

AOG

This question of inequality has only arisen since the Equal Marriage Act, and at that time not enough consideration was given to the imbalance it would cause. I would welcome CPs for heterosexual couples, and then watch how many go through with the ceremony knowing about the little pension time bomb that will hit them upon retirement (because CPs have a small but very meaningful difference to marriages that not a lot of people know about).

[hc4361]

Some people consider a civil ceremony in a registry office to be a civil partnership rather than a marriage.