legislation in the House of Commons to make civil partnerships accessible for heterosexual couples. Previously civil partnerships, which have been first added in 2004 through the Labour Government, applied simplest to equal-sex couples over the age of sixteen. Same-sex marriage become no longer but criminal inside the UK, which got here into impact in 2013. Steinfeld and Keidan spearheaded the exchange in law after they were refused permission to have a civil partnership in mild in their views of marriage as a patriarchal group. But in advance of the ceremony, due to take region at Chelsea Register Office, the couple’s celebrations were tainted after they were informed via an professional they would want to re-check in their kids, The Telegraph reviews. The couple were advised that due to a clause in the 1976 Legitimacy Act, they would be fined £2 in the event that they did now not re-sign in their existing kids, who might additionally have less inheritance rights than any future offspring.