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Lesbians seek wedding equality.
(From Yorkshire Post)
Paul Jeeves A LESBIAN couple from Yorkshire have launched a landmark High Court test case to win legal recognition for same-sex marriages in Britain.
University professors Celia Kitzinger, 48, and Sue Wilkinson, 51, claim that the Government's failure to recognise the validity of their wedding in Canada two years ago amounts to a breach of their human rights.
Legal papers were lodged at the Family Division of the High Court in London yesterday at the formal start of the case, which is expected to be heard early next year.
The couple have maintained that they will be given only "second class status" when new legislation comes into …
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