In a turn of events the word "marriage" is being removed from register office signs and replaced with "ceremony" in order not to offend gay couples who are entering into a civil partnership. Excuse me if I find this ironic and humorous. OFF THEIR WEDS THE word "marriage" is being taken off register office
Word 'marriage' removed so gays aren't offended
By Rod Chaytor
signs - in case it offends gay couples entering into a civil partnership.
Councils are following guidelines which also suggest altering couples'
stationery from "Your Wedding" to "Your Ceremony".
Wolverhampton
Register Office's two marriage rooms have been renamed ceremony rooms while the
Crown Marriage Suite in Stourbridge is now the Crown Suite after recommendations
from the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services.
Pastor Paul Chamberlain from nearby Kingswinford blasted: "Political correctness is
rearing its ugly head."
But Lacors said: "Any decisions by individual authorities may be taken as an attempt to reflect the needs of all members of the public that might use these rooms."
Elton John and David Furnish became one of the first couples to have a civil partnership last month.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Political Correctness invades "gay marriage"
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