The Government has announced plans to legislate for gay marriage in England and Wales. It seems that the Scottish Government will also legalise 'gay marriage' in the near future.
In 2004, The Civil Partnership Act gave same-sex couples rights and responsibilities similar to those in a civil marriage. Civil partners have the same rights to property, inheritance, social security and pensions as married couples. Civil partnerships can be dissolved in a process similar to divorce. However, in 2006, a court ruling made it clear that legally marriage is a formal relationship between a man and a woman.
The right to gay marriage is the last piece of the equality jigsaw. Most gay people don't want 'gay' marriage, they just want the access to marriage and family life that heterosexual couples have.
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