[{"topic":"Civil partnerships","id":"45167","proposer":"10057","edm":"1009","session":"2012-13","title":"Fair Civil Marriage Law","text":"That this House welcomes the opportunity for same-sex couples to say 'I do' and 'I declare' in civil marriage rather than remaining silent listening to the registrar in civil partnerships.","date":"2013-02-04","status":"o"},{"topic":"Civil partnerships","id":"36423","proposer":"10780","edm":"2039A1","session":"2007-08","title":"Religious Beliefs In Public Service","text":"leave out from `beliefs;' to end and add `and congratulates her on her brave and principled stand when confronted by those who demand tolerance but appear to offer none when faced by traditional Christian values.'.","date":"2008-07-16","status":"c"},{"topic":"Civil partnerships","id":"36381","proposer":"10001","edm":"2039","session":"2007-08","title":"Religious Beliefs In Public Service","text":"That this House notes that an Islington registrar has won an industrial tribunal case giving her the right to refuse to officiate at civil partnership ceremonies for homosexual and lesbian couples on the grounds of her religious beliefs; further notes that civil partnerships are legally not the same as Christian marriage; further notes that the Holy Scriptures are entirely silent on the question of civil partnerships; notes with concern that the case could set a precedent for any public servant refusing to treat all members of the public equally because of self-defined religious beliefs; believes that no public servant should be allowed to discriminate on this arbitrary basis; and, should this case not be reversed on appeal, calls on the Government to clarify and, if necessary, amend the law to guard the public against discrimination and prejudice by public servants in the future.","date":"2008-07-15","status":"c"}]