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DERRY, November 25,
2005 – The Gay Community in Derry, Northern Ireland, will celebrate the introduction of the
new Civil Partnership legislation with a major party for all.
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The party will take
place at Pepes,
64 Strand Road,
Derry on December 4 when the LGBT community and their supporters will gather
for a countdown to 12 midnight when the legislation becomes law. The party
is open to members of the Gay Community, family, friends and all those
supporters in Derry. It will be a night of music, cabaret and
celebration.
“The legislation
becoming law will be the biggest day in the history of the gay community
when after years of campaigning; our relationships will be recognised in
law,” said Sean Morrin of Derry’s Rainbow Project.
“This now affords us
many rights that heterosexual married couples are given. I think it is
proper that we celebrate with family, friends and supporters and considering
the very first registration will take place in Derry we have lots to
celebrate about.”
■ The
Civil Partnership Act 2005, which formalises the partnerships of same-sex
couple and mirrors the Civil Marriage Act, becomes law in the United Kingdom
at a minute past midnight on Monday December 5.
The first
actual registrations in the UK will be on Monday December 19 in Northern
Ireland, and in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) on Wednesday
December 21.
LINK
Derry Rainbow Project website
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