The Odysseus Trust: Civil Partnerships Bill 2002 - Overview and current status about the Bill which is the joint initiative of Odysseus and Stonewall. Background and press releases plus links to the actual Bill, Explanatory Notes and House of Lords Second Reading Debate.
OutRage Briefing: Civil Partnerships Bill - Campaign site includes the current status of legislation, position statement, timeline, press releases, press clippings and web resources for further reading.
Stonewall: Same-Sex Partnership Rights - Overview and link to join the campaign which is challenging discrimination in the law, promoting the legal recognition of same-sex couples and supplying vital information to help same-sex partners protect themselves. Sign up for email bulletins and lobby your MP.
CARE: Hot Issues: Civil Partnerships - Group supporting justice issues for gays but not gay marriage presents position summary and downloadable documents.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding
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It is not because it is difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are
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-- E. B. White "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." (Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791) In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice
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-- H. L. Mencken Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely
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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson Civil Partnerships Bill
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