Mean spirited Western Isles registrars refuse to conduct civil partnership ceremonies
Full story is here; don’t know how long the link will stay up so be quick about it!
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6 Responses to “Mean spirited Western Isles registrars refuse to conduct civil partnership ceremonies”
I’m proud to say my mum will be helping register same-sex civil partnerships in Nottingham. Other people she used to work with have left rather then officiate and the Western Isles officials who would deny citizens their rights should resign too or be fired.
Good for your mum! We went to the Southwark Register Office this afternoon, gave notice, and set the date: February 14th. How’s that for a romantic anniversary!
I certainly don’t think that everyone in the Western Isles is a miserable bugger; people of that type are probably pretty generously sprinkled throughout the United Kingdom. However, miserable buggery has to be fought wherever it occurs, and if the registrars in the Western Isles are refusing to conduct civil partnership ceremonies, they ought to be sacked and prosecuted for dereliction of duty, just as any other registrars anywhere else who refuse to perform or register civil partnerships should be.
While the scenery up there is undoubtedly beautiful, I am a city boy and would go stark raving mad up there. I don’t envy you the beauty.
> While the scenery up there is undoubtedly beautiful, I am a city boy and would go stark raving mad up there. I don’t envy you the beauty.
Fair enough; each to their own. Have lived in Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol (the joys of short-term university research contracts), and have in a year “gone native”. I have to take ear plugs with me when staying over in the mainland now so can get a decent nights sleep.
> miserable buggery has to be fought wherever it occurs
Yep, and there is a lot of debate about this on the islands. A lot of people are fed up of the bad impression (and opportunities given to the press) that this sort of thing has generated.
There is one very blunt fact for why this situation will change over time; death. Church congregations have been falling, as (like the mainland) most of them are from the older generations. In ten years time, I reckon the influence of the church here will be very different.
Having said that, there’s loads of blogs – mainly by American Evangelicals – applauding the stance taken by the registrars. Hoping they all don’t decide to emigrate here!
I’m proud to say my mum will be helping register same-sex civil partnerships in Nottingham. Other people she used to work with have left rather then officiate and the Western Isles officials who would deny citizens their rights should resign too or be fired.
Good for your mum! We went to the Southwark Register Office this afternoon, gave notice, and set the date: February 14th. How’s that for a romantic anniversary!
Hi,
I live on the Western Isles. My own thoughts – as a resident – on how the media has dealt with this issue are on my blog here:
http://silversprite.typepad.com/
I certainly don’t think that everyone in the Western Isles is a miserable bugger; people of that type are probably pretty generously sprinkled throughout the United Kingdom. However, miserable buggery has to be fought wherever it occurs, and if the registrars in the Western Isles are refusing to conduct civil partnership ceremonies, they ought to be sacked and prosecuted for dereliction of duty, just as any other registrars anywhere else who refuse to perform or register civil partnerships should be.
While the scenery up there is undoubtedly beautiful, I am a city boy and would go stark raving mad up there. I don’t envy you the beauty.
I hope everything works out up there.
> While the scenery up there is undoubtedly beautiful, I am a city boy and would go stark raving mad up there. I don’t envy you the beauty.
Fair enough; each to their own. Have lived in Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol (the joys of short-term university research contracts), and have in a year “gone native”. I have to take ear plugs with me when staying over in the mainland now so can get a decent nights sleep.
> miserable buggery has to be fought wherever it occurs
Yep, and there is a lot of debate about this on the islands. A lot of people are fed up of the bad impression (and opportunities given to the press) that this sort of thing has generated.
There is one very blunt fact for why this situation will change over time; death. Church congregations have been falling, as (like the mainland) most of them are from the older generations. In ten years time, I reckon the influence of the church here will be very different.
Having said that, there’s loads of blogs – mainly by American Evangelicals – applauding the stance taken by the registrars. Hoping they all don’t decide to emigrate here!
An old friend of mine used to say: “Where there’s death, there’s hope.”