Peter J Seymour wrote: > Just one quibble: In the UK "same-sex marraige" is called a "civil > union" which avoids the inappropriate use of the word marriage. > "Marriage" in this context may be defined as a male-female partnership > regulating the ownership of property and also usually involving the > begetting and raising of children. A same-sex partnership simply can't > do the latter part. It may have relevance to genealogy, but it is on a > lesser scale of importance than marriage. > > Peter It will be important in those cases where the partners can adopt children as is now allowed in UK law. -- Ian Goddard Hotmail is for the benefit of spammers. The email address that I actually read is igoddard and that's at nildram dot co dot uk