Lesbian Couple's Test Case Over Marriage

Evening Standard - London (August 12, 2005)

Author: Nigel Rosser

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A LESBIAN couple were today launching a test case in an attempt to win legal recognition in Britain for their marriage.

University professors Celia Kitzinger, 48, and Sue Wilkinson, 51, got married in British Columbia where same-sex ceremonies are legal. They say a failure to recognise their marriage's validity in the UK constitutes a breach of human rights. An application was being filed in the Family Division of the High Court in London on behalf of the British couple who live in Yorkshire.

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Lesbian Couple's Test Case Over Marriage

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