Sue Wilkinson has recorded an interview with WDR, Germany’s
biggest public broadcaster, for a programme commemorating the 10th
anniversary of the introduction of civil partnerships for same-sex couples in
the UK, under the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
In the interview, she talked about the ‘segregated system’
of marriage and civil partnership, and reflected on the legal case she and her
wife, Celia Kitzinger, brought to the High Court in 2006, with the support of Liberty
and Out!Rage (see http://www.equalmarriagerights.org). Although the Court deemed Sue and Celia’s
(legal Canadian) marriage a civil partnership in the UK, it was finally
recognised as a marriage in England & Wales in March 2014, following the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act
2013.
Sue and Celia have also published a series of academic
articles in this area, including the relationship between marriage and civil
partnership (Kitzinger and Wilkinson, 2004) and
the rhetorics surrounding marriage equality (Kitzinger
and Wilkinson, 2004).
Sue’s interview will provide the framework for the programme,
which will be broadcast on WDR on 21 December 2015 – the 10th anniversary
of the day the first civil partnerships took place in England & Wales.
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