Heterosexual equality a large problem to United Kingdom LGBT group

Currently, domestic partnership laws in the U.K. apply only to homosexual couples, which doesn’t suit Stephanie Munro and Andrew O’Neill at all. The couple has LGBT group OutRage! in their corner as they battle for heterosexual equal rights, writes Jezebel. According to spokesmen for the OutRage! campaign Equal Love, expanding the laws regarding such civil unions would be a boon to Britain’s homosexual community, as well.

OutRage! Began due to equal rights for heterosexual

While Munro and O’Neill fully expect that their original petition for domestic partnership status could be denied, they expect that their lawsuit – which would contain three opposite-sex and four same-sex couples – will attract significant attention to the reason for heterosexual equal rights. There is no agenda for Equal Love. A homophobic agenda is surely not the case. OutRage! Coordinator Peter Tatchell explained the contrary:

"We support (straight couples’ bids) for heterosexual equality. In a democratic society, everyone should be equal before the law. There should be no legal discrimination. The twin bans on gay civil marriages and on heterosexual civil partnerships are forms of sexual apartheid. There is one law for straight couples and another law for gay partners. Two wrongs don’t make a right," Tatchell told the Wall Street Journal.

Why to not get hitched

Munro and O'Neill believe the matrimony ritual is ridiculous. It is just a mix of religion and secular law. A domestic partnership, on the other hand, is absent such "historical baggage," said O’Neill.

Tatchell explains the gay couples and the domestic partnership problems being faced by Munro and O'Neill aren't the same at all although it’s interesting to note the U.K. has this. The U.K. should be able to offer domestic partnerships no matter what the gender is if the United States of America can. Equal Love’s drive for heterosexual equal rights is intended to eliminate sexual orientation from the equation it’s asking the British Parliament to solve.

Articles cited

Equal Love

equallove.org.uk/

Jezebel

jezebel.com/5707078/straight-couples-fight-for-right-to-domestic-partnerships

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom

Press briefing re. OutRage! Campaign

youtube.com/watch?v=L4nJsuY9UN8