Lesbian lovers Shannon Sickels and Grainne Close became the first gay couple to get “married” in the United Kingdom, sparking protests outside Belfast City Hall on Monday.
To cheers and the strains of Dolly Parton’s 1972 hit “Touch Your Woman”, the pair took advantage of the brand new civil partnership law, which offers gay couples the same rights as heterosexual married couples in areas such as employment, property, pensions and inheritance.
But outside the hall, their union sparked protests from those vehemently against anything approaching gay “marriage” and decrying the “abomination” of homosexuality.
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