Theresa May gives green light to heterosexual civil partnerships

A consultation will now take place that will look at how to manage the legal, tax and pension implications of the decision. May (pictured) told the London Evening Standard: "The change in the law helps protect the interests of opposite-sex couples who want to commit, want to formalise their relationship, but don't necessarily want to get married." The announcement has arrived after the Supreme Court unanimously voted to allow a heterosexual couple the right to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage. According to the BBC, the court said the Civil Partnership Act 2004, which ...