Tag: marriage equality in Northern Ireland
Anti-LGBTQ politician drops opposition to marriage equality after his daughter marries a woman
A member of the House of Lords in the UK who previously campaigned against civil unions for same-sex couples said that his daughter is married to another woman.
David Trimble is a big deal in conservative politics in Northern Ireland. From 1995 to 2005, he led the Ulster Unionist Party, and now he’s a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
In 1998, he and John Hume won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the Good Friday Agreement, which helped...
UK Parliament votes to institute marriage equality in Northern Ireland if locals can’t get...
Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and most of Western Europe, Northern Ireland (the part of Ireland still connected to the UK) does not have marriage equality for its LGBT+ citizens. The reasons for this are long and varied, but essentially Northern Ireland has the responsibility of governing its own laws and legislation on things like human rights, welfare, policing etc.
Much like any US state, it has its own legislative assembly to debate these matters and...
