CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION NOW LGBT teenagers in Northern Ireland have launched a petition calling for equal marriage legislation as part of any Stormont Talks deal. The teenage campaigners want marriage equality to be guaranteed as part of any deal for a new government at the Stormont talks. Failing that, they say, they
Campaigners will urge Westminster legislation if Stormont talks fail Campaigners for civil marriage equality in Northern Ireland will meet the Northern Ireland Secretary of State tomorrow (Thursday, 3pm) afternoon, as inter-party talks continue at Stormont. The equality campaigners are due to meet Karen Bradley at Stormont House, the first time that a Northern Ireland Secretary
Campaigners want meeting with Secretary of State to discuss on-going impasse to extension of same sex marriage to Northern Ireland Campaigners for civil marriage equality in Northern Ireland have criticised Secretary of State Karen Bradley for comparing the on-going denial of marriage equality to the roll-out of broadband in an interview on radio station U105
New campaign to secure Westminster legislation for same-sex marriage Carrickfergus couple Jayne Robinson and Laura McKee are asking Theresa May to bring marriage equality to Northern Ireland. The couple is launching an online petition calling for the UK Prime Minister to lead the way on marriage equality in Northern Ireland, so that they can finally
An estimated twenty thousand people took part in the March For Equal Civil Marriage today in Belfast, calling on the next NI Executive to implement marriage equality as a matter of urgency. Actress Bronagh Waugh, star of BBC's The Fall, hosted the rally as it marched from Writer's Square to Belfast City Hall
Love Equality has welcomed today's IPSOS Mori poll as confirmation of the overwhelming support for Marriage Equality in Northern Ireland. One year after Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same sex marriage by popular vote the poll carried out by IPSOS Mori found that 70% of respondents believe same-sex couples should
One year on from the historic Yes vote in the Republic of Ireland’s marriage equality referendum, campaigners in Northern Ireland have said it’s time for the region’s Assembly to deliver the same rights for thousands of couples there. On 23 May 2015 there were jubilant scenes across Ireland as it became clear that the
When it comes to gay rights, Northern Ireland has been left behind. It’s the only part of the UK where same-sex couples are denied the right to a civil marriage. We’re campaigning for Northern Ireland to to (delete repeated word) ensure that same-sex couples are afforded an equal chance at civil marriage. The current laws
Judgement has been reserved in the case taken by two same-sex couples who were the first people in the UK to enter civil partnerships in 2005. Grainne Close, Shannon Sickles and Chris and Henry Flanagan-Kane were granted judicial review in which they challenged Stormont as the only UK administration to ban same-sex marriage. Marriage
I read with surprise the assertion by Councillor John Finlay (November 5) that there is no overwhelming support for same sex marriage. Consistently polls carried out by the Belfast Telegraph, RTE/BBC, IPSOS MORI and others have shown majority support for equal marriage in Northern Ireland from both Catholics and Protestants. Cllr Finlay notes the large number of
