Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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Marriage: Humanist Ceremonies
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Thursday 21st January 2016
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(8 years, 11 months ago)
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The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
It is the turn of the Cross Benches.
Baroness Butler-Sloss
I find this very difficult to understand. Why, if it was right to have a review of marriage generally, did we have the same-sex marriage Act but not allow the same for humanists? There is an unacceptable discrepancy there, and I speak as someone who is not a humanist.