A LESBIAN minister and her partner are to apply for a civil marriage, and say that they will take legal action if it is rejected. Their action is part of a campaign to allow same-sex couples to be married, and heterosexual couples to enter into civil partner ships.
The Revd Sharon Ferguson, the chief executive of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM), and pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church of North London, and her partner, Franka Strietzel, will make an application on 2 November to be married at the register office at Greenwich.
By 14 December, a total of eight couples — four same-sex, four hetero sexual — will file applications for civil marriages and civil partnerships at their local register office. Under the Civil Partnerships Act 2004, only same-sex couples may enter into a civil partnership. The action is being co-ordinated by the “Equal Love” campaign run by Peter Tatchell, the human-rights activist.
Full Story from The Church Times
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