Ep 34: Freedom and Fairness in Marriage Law
Ep 34: Freedom and fairness in marriage law https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2020/09/ep34 0:00:00.000,0:00:02.000 other religious groups. 0:00:38.640,0:00:42.079 0:00:04.000,0:00:08.080 The system of Registry Offices, which [Emma Park] Hello and welcome to episode would allow for civil non-religious 34 of the National Secular Society podcast 0:00:42.079,0:00:46.719 marriages, was introduced in 1837. 0:00:08.080,0:00:11.920 Today marriage law in England and Wales hosted by Emma Park. Marriage is a rite of passage, social 0:00:46.719,0:00:50.559 is a maze of rules and exemptions, 0:00:11.920,0:00:15.040 the application of which depends on the spiritual and legal, that for millennia has been a fundamental 0:00:50.559,0:00:54.480 religious affiliations, or lack thereof, 0:00:15.040,0:00:19.840 of the participants. part of societies around the world. In England, ever since Henry VIII broke 0:00:54.480,0:00:57.980 Same-sex marriage was not even introduced 0:00:19.840,0:00:22.400 in England and Wales until 2014 with the Catholic church in the 16th century, 0:00:57.980,0:01:00.800 0:00:22.400,0:00:26.040 under the coalition government, and it is over his desire to get divorced, and invented the Church of England to help him, 0:01:00.800,0:01:05.360 still almost exclusively only permitted 0:00:26.040,0:00:28.240 in civil non-religious venues.
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