A High Court judge has granted permission for a London couple to challenge the bar on heterosexual couples entering Civil Partnerships.
Currently the Partnerships are only open to same-sex couples. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld claim that the government's refusal to 'extend' them to heterosexual couples is discriminatory. But Andrea Williams warns that to do so would only lead to further 'dilution of marriage'.
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