Jul 31 2006
British Judge Dismisses Bid for Recognition of Homosexual Marriage
FOXNews.com - British Judge Dismisses Bid for Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage:
Monday, July 31, 2006
LONDON: A British judge on Monday dismissed a bid by two female professors to have their same-sex wedding in Canada recognized as a marriage in Britain. Judge Mark Potter, head of Britain’s High Court Family Division, dismissed the claim by Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger that in defining their relationship as a civil partnership, rather than a marriage, Britain had violated their human rights.
Granting their request would risk undermining the time-honored institution of marriage, he said. ‘To accord a same-sex relationship the title and status of marriage would be to fly in the face of the (European) Convention (on Human Rights) as well as to fail to recognize physical reality,’ Potter wrote in his ruling.
