The Equality and Human Rights Commission has successfully defended an appeal in the English Court of Appeal against a ruling in the County Court which found that hotel owners had directly discriminated against a gay couple.
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission (the Commission), in a response to the Scottish Government consultation on same sex marriage, has called for same sex couples to be allowed to legally marry in Scotland.
A recent publication from the Registrar General for Scotland has revealed provisional figures for births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered during the third quarter of 2011.
The Council of Europe is to host a conference looking for solutions to problems of mutual recognition of same sex partnership and marriages in both the European Union and Council of Europe member countries.
A number of religious groups have united in supporting the introduction of same sex marriages, reports the BBC.