Posted on 02/22/2014 2:10:06 AM PST by Olog-hai
Men are to be banned from becoming Queen or Princess of Wales as part of an unprecedented effort to rewrite more than 700 years of law to prevent unintended consequences of gay marriage.
Even a 14th Century act declaring it high treason to have an affair with the monarch’s husband or wife is included in the sweeping redrafting exercise.
Civil servants have drawn up a list of scores of statutes and regulations dating back as far 1285 to be amended or specifically excluded when the Government’s Same-Sex Marriage Act comes into force next month.
Under proposals to be debated by MPs and Peers as early as next week, terms such as “widow” will be deleted or reworded in legislation covering topics as diverse as seamen’s pensions and London cab licenses to take account of the new definition of marriage. …
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Men can’t be queens? That’ll be challenged in court. Believe it.
Why does Elton John come to mind? I think he would be a “fabulous” Queen Of England!
Gawd save the Queen!
Freddie Mercury or Brian May to the white courtesy phone, please...
How about Bawney Fwank? That old queen has a beard now, but he’s still a queen.
“...to be amended or specifically excluded when the Government’s Same-Sex Marriage Act comes into force next month.”
Ah, so then it isn’t really marriage after all.
United Poofterdom... you Brits must be about ready to revolt again. Magna Carta not Magnum Trojan.
Well, at least they have the monarchy covered from the perversion. /s Lunacy.
So if Charles marries a guy, who’d be queen of England?
They probably intended this to apply to Prince Charles after he gets his sex-change surgery.
That is a really hideous image, if you think about it.
Civil servants have drawn up a list of scores of statutes and regulations dating back as far 1285 to be amended or specifically excluded when the Government’s Same-Sex Marriage Act comes into force next month.
Sigh! Another sign of the times. Seems humorous, except it isn’t.
I bet their main argument will be that there is much more than 700 years history of some men being flaming queens.
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