I am sorry, but surely that cannot be true, because the case would never get to that. You would know that if a same-sex marriage had been offered, there would be a registrar who would be willing to do that. It would be privately arranged; there would be no victim in this. That is clearly different from what my noble friend says.
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Deben
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
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