just as massachusetts starts issuing state approved marriage licences the impressive cross party support on civil partnerships begins to fade as the bill reaches committee stage. the usual suspects are at work to downgrade the partnerships to contract-level and exclude northen ireland. ironically belfast is undergoing a discreet gay renaissance and the embedded homophobia in the legislatures is begining to meet serious challenges for the first time.
Posted by flambingo at May 17, 2004 11:12 AM | TrackBack