Cool! A gay celebrity wedding...

[Cranberry]

Elton John's getting married...

Civil partnerships between gay couples will be allowed in Britain from December 5 and will give partners tax breaks available to married couples.

John told the Mirror that Furnish should not expect many of the trappings of a regular marriage.

"There will be no honeymoon. I'm on tour," he said.

I like Elton. I hope they'll be very happy.

[TiredX2]

Civil partnerships between gay couples will be allowed in Britain from December 5 and will give partners tax breaks available to married couples.

[calpurnia]

Civil partnerships between gay couples will be allowed in Britain from December 5 and will give partners tax breaks available to married couples.

(Dec 5th is my birthday as well )



An ammendment being tabled at the moment would give the only missing financial advantage of back-dated pension payments for surviving partners. Don't know if it will go through or not. As it stands pension rights will only exist from the passing of the bill, and will not be made up for past years.