Commons is opened for gays to wed; TRADITION.THE House of Commons House of Commons: see Parliament. is to be opened up for gay weddings, Gordon Brown will announce today. In a Commons hearing he will urge new measures to make Parliament more welcoming for gays, ethnic minorities and women. And the PM believes it will be an "important symbol" if civil partnerships can take place in the Palace of Westminster. A senior Downing Street source said: "Parliament is often seen as hidebound hidebound said of skin that is not easily lifted from the subcutaneous tissue. Occurs in emaciated animals because of the absence of fat and connective tissue rather than absence of fluid. by history and tradition. "Making this change would be of huge symbolic importance." At present only MPs, their families or senior staff can get married in Parliament, using the 13th century Chapel of St Mary Undercroft. |
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