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Published Date: 28 September 2008
TREASURY minister Angela Eagle became the first female MP to tie the knot in a civil partnership today when she wed her partner of 18 years.
The 47-year-old Labour MP for Wallasey took part in a civil partnership ceremony with BT engineer Maria Exall at Southwark Register Offices in south London.

Eagle, the only openly gay woman in the House of Commons, kissed her bride in front of the 50 or so guests who had turned out to witness the ceremony. Exall beamed at her happily as they posed for photographs.

Eagle said she was delighted to be entering into a union made possible by the Labour Government's Civil Partnerships Act of 2004, which she was involved in bringing in.



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  • Last Updated: 27 September 2008 7:14 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: Gay and Lesbian issues
 
1

Guga II,

Rockall 28/09/2008 01:22:32
Yuk.
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Dragonhead,

Dalian,China 28/09/2008 03:14:06
What doesn't the Hootsmon not understand about the term 'civil union' and 'wed'? These two can kid themselves as much as they wish, but married they ain't!Next it will be OK to marry 6year olds,will it?It might be if certain people have their libertine way.Yeuk and double yeuk! A word to those who will immediately shreik "Homophobic" to me! It is not who you are that offends us, it is the things you do".If this is 'moderated' it shows they are the ones who are phobic,not I.
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Guga II,

Rockall 28/09/2008 06:18:36
#2 Druginhead.

All these comments will be "moderated", i.e. censored. The Hootsmon doesn't believe in freedom of speech or thought. You are not allowed to think, let alone say that you find homosexuality disgusting.
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Boy Wonder,

28/09/2008 09:20:04
I'm surprised at you #1 Guga! I credited you with a lot more sense than you show here.

As for you #2. Dregsinhead ... well, you constantly show us a damaged intellect in your posts.

People are people. I personallly didn't care for the article being published as such, because I don't believe anyone's sexuality is anyone elses business, whether gay, straight or indifferent.

The only ones we need to bother about are the likes of rapists and paedophiles! And 99% of gay people do not fall into that disgusting gategory!

But, it was your reaction really annoyed me Guga. I thought you were better than that!
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28/09/2008 09:44:38
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ConnorD,

28/09/2008 11:02:07
I hope they're happy ........but so what? Is this news?
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Brodric,

28/09/2008 12:10:52
There are good points and bad points here.

Agree with Boy Wonder - a person's sexuality is their own business.

However, there is a good thing here. Here are two perfectly normal professional women, and they are both gay. Being gay is something that is present in all walks of life. And getting "wed" is both a normal and a happy occasion. If she hadn't been gay, her wedding would more than likely have been announced in any case, so the fact that it is mentioned, is also normal. But it would be nice if we could get beyond having to mention gay.

When a man and a woman get married, we don't say a heterosexual couple, it is implicit in the context.

There is also no need to mention homosexual or gay, because it is implicit in the context.

Not mentioning the word gay would be more normal.

As for the homophobes who have written on this page, what are you so afraid of?

I wish them well.
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Bien E. Bien,

28/09/2008 13:02:16
Anyone with visions of hot sapphic action should think again:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/mpdb/img/60301.jpg
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Guga II,

Rockall 28/09/2008 15:05:23
#4 BW.

Sorry about that, but I think that homosexuality is totally unnnatural. I am aware that it does go on, but I have no desire for it to be flung in my face. Nor do I think that such unnatural practices should be given any form of legal sanction by the government. What they do in the privacy of their own homes is up to them, but it should not be given legal sanction.

#8 Brodic.

If homosexuality is so normal, why do they still hide behind euphemisims? They destroy a perfectly good word, like "gay" instead of calling themselves homosexuals.

As for the made up word "homophobe", meaning, literally, "fear of man", that is another distorted term used by the homosexual community and their supporters to try and berate their detractors.

If anyone feels that homosexuality is disgusting, unnatural and/or immoral, are they not allowed to express their views? Why should they be berated by the made up word "homophobe"? Moreover, why should they be attacked for expressing their views?
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ConnorD,

28/09/2008 15:25:11
#10 Guga II - I think you're getting your Latin and Greek confused here.
The "h0m0" as in "sexual" does not come from the Latin meaning, amongst other things, "man" or "male". The root of the word is in Greek where "h0m0" means "the same" i.e. homosexual = same sex, not sex with a man. The same applies to "hetero" from the Greek meaning "different" or "opposite" so heterosexual would mean, for example, enjoying with the opposite sex.
That said, "homophobe" is, as you say, a made up word by the "gay" community so it would be just as correct therefore to use the word "heterophobe" as a counterbalance. Try using that. However, you do make a valid point that, certainly in these pages, anyone daring to suggest that there may be a moral, religious or philosophical argument which seems in any way to take a diffenent view to homosexuals is always accused of "homophobia" - its become the LGBT equivalent of the race card. I'll probably get censored for trying to bring some reason to this debate.
Anyway, best of luck to the MP and her partner, but its still not much of a story.
Can you believe this, I've had to change the o to 0 because the SoS has deemed the "h"-word to be unsuitable. There's maturity for you!!
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zeno,

www.thinkhumanism.com 28/09/2008 16:27:57
I look forward to the day when it not seen as newsworthy to report the marriage/civil partnership of a gay couple. Why are bigots so interested in what consenting adults do? If they don't like it, they don't have to do it.

All the best to the happy couple.
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 28/09/2008 17:14:40
Guga II

I am surprised at you.

First, for your mixing up of Latin and Greek word derivations in the English language.

Second, for your rampant disgust with persons of the same sex "marrying" or indulging in a "civil partnership".

And as for that simulacrum of a thinking person going by the name of DruggedHead,what INTIMATE knowledge does that entity have of what homosexuals/gays/lesbians/sapphics etc "do" as evidenced by his unfortunate and stupid phrase "it is the things you do".

To paraphrase a line from history and the film "Becket" will no poster rid us of this meddlesome chink and his ridiculousness?

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Resolutions,

28/09/2008 18:40:51
Guga You are certainly not alone in your feelings re this.

What people do in private is their affair so keep it that way and do not throw it at others.

Nor should this be given any legal sanction either.

There is nothing ridiculous about that.
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 28/09/2008 20:33:21
The "homophobes" are out in droves today.

Go back to you closeted, antediluvian caves and fester there.

You are not with the programme and your views are without merit.
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Maria,

28/09/2008 21:45:02
Do the bigoted, homophobic dinosaurs who've posted here realise how utterly pathetic they sound?

Evidently not.
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Derek Williams,

Edinburgh 14/10/2008 18:06:12
Those opposed to granting happiness to others must have no life.
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09/11/2008 17:52:46
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Ham Mei Si,

Hong Kong 24/05/2009 18:20:21
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Bien E. Bien,
Talk about a blushing bride!...Are you sure this isn't a bloke!

 

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