http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1179629,00.html
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Kamal Ahmed and Gaby Hinsliff
Sunday March 28, 2004
The Observer
The first laws giving gay people the right to 'marry' are to be unveiled this week in one of the most significant changes to Britain's social make-up since the passing of equal opportunities legislation in the 1960s.
Attempting to show it still has a radical edge, the Government will say that all couples who sign up to a committed relationship should have the same rights, regardless of sexual orientation.