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| Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
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| [FIFTH AND SIXTH SITTINGS]
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | Marriage of same sex couples is deemed to be legitimate.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | Where a same sex couple solemnize a marriage between each other in accordance |
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| | with the provisions set out in subsection (2) below they shall be deemed to be |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | Marriage of same sex couples is legally equivalent to marriage between the |
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| | couples of the opposite sex.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | Marriage of same sex couples is legally equivalent and is deemed to be morally |
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| | equivalent to marriage between couples of the opposite sex.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert ‘and is deemed to be equivalent to the |
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| marriage of different sex couples.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end add— |
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| | ‘( ) | The purpose of marriage is— |
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| | (a) | companionship (including its expression in sexual union); |
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| | (b) | fidelity (including its expression in sexual fidelity) and stability; |
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| | (c) | procreation and the nurture of children; |
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| | (d) | mutual care and provision in sickness and in health; |
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| | (e) | to benefit society.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end add— |
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| | ‘( ) | The purpose of marriage is— |
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| | (a) | companionship (not including its expression in sexual union); |
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| | (b) | fidelity (not including its expression in sexual fidelity) and stability; |
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| | (c) | not procreation and the nurture of children; |
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| | (d) | mutual care and provision in sickness and in health; |
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| | (e) | to benefity society.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, after ‘The’, insert ‘civil’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 16, at end insert ‘Nothing in this Act shall prejudice the |
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| rights, privileges or powers of the Church of England to make provision about marriage.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 17, leave out subsection (4) and insert—
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| ‘Any duty of a member of the clergy— |
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| | (a) | to prepare a couple for marriage, |
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| | (b) | to solemnize a marriage, |
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| | (c) | to provide care, counselling or other support and services to a couple by |
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| | reason of their marriage, |
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| | | (and any corresponding right of persons with respect to the activities of members |
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| | of the clergy in paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection) is not extended by this Act |
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| | to marriages of same sex couples.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end add— |
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| | ‘(5) | Any duty of a registrar to conduct a marriage is not extended by this Act to |
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| | marriages of same sex couples where a registrar holds a conscientious objection |
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| | to conducting such marriages.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Premises owned or under the control of bodies specified in Schedule [ ] may not |
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| | be licensed for the solemnization of a same sex marriage. |
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| | ( ) | The Secretary of State must, by order or regulations, amend the list of bodies |
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| | specified in Schedule [ ] if further bodies notify him that they wish to be |
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| | included in the Schedule.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | a priest whose orders are recognised as Anglican by the Church of |
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| | England or the Church in Wales.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | any person acting in respect of any of the conduct specified in subsection |
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| | (4) above on the instructions of any person mentioned in paragraphs (a) |
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| | to (c) of this subsection.’. |
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| | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| [Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am |
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