{"id":142,"date":"2012-06-12T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bimedia.org\/blogs\/?guid=3db2a521ff301d2bf071f62eb2e9fb79"},"modified":"2012-08-19T16:51:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T16:51:48","slug":"my-letter-to-my-mp-about-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2012\/06\/my-letter-to-my-mp-about-marriage-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"My letter to my MP about Marriage Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Caroline,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you know  about the current consultation about marriage equality. There are a few  reasons I feel allowing same-sex couples to marry in civil ceremonies  are necessary:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Currently even countries which have same-sex marriage don&#8217;t recognise UK&#8217;s civil partnerships.<\/li>\n<li>When  a married trans* person wants to be legally recognised as the opposite  gender, they have to get divorced and then enter into a civil  partnership with their spouse.<\/li>\n<li>Having separate institutions for  same-sex and opposite-sex couples means that future governments would be  able to legislate differently for them (granted the Equality Act would  have to be repealed first, but this isn&#8217;t beyond the realms of  possibility).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On a personal note, as a bisexual woman if I were to enter into a  long term, committed relationship, I would like the option to marry  them, whatever their gender.<\/p>\n<p>So on that note, I&#8217;d like to ask, if  it came to a vote in Parliament, between the status quo and allowing  same-sex couples to marry in civil ceremonies, what would your vote be?<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<\/p>\n<p>Vicky Syred<script type=\"text\/javascript\">   var _gaq = _gaq || [];   _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20463356-2']);   _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);    (function() {     var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text\/javascript'; ga.async = true;     ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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