On 09/12/2014 15:08, Geoff Pearson wrote: > My partner and I are converting our 2005 civil partnership into a > marriage next Tuesday - it is an administrative procedure. It means our > partnership will be in the same registers as current "straight" > marriages - how much confusion will that cause? Congratulations! Not as much confusion as the adoption of children by gay couples is going to cause in the future. It's an area where terminology has yet to catch up. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>