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Originally Posted by abbey97
Marriage is a bit of paper that anyone of any gender should be allowed, whats the fuss?
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The fuss is that while a lot of the youth of today accept same sex relationships the same as straight relationships, lots of the older generations dont, it takes time for them to adapt to new ideas.
Homosexuality was only decriminalised in 1967, gay men and lesbians have been allowed to serve in the Armed Forces since 2000. The age of consent between gay men was only lowered to the same as heterosexuals in 2001.
Funnily enough the UK had pretty much been ordered to have an equal age of consent in the mid 90's, but each bill proposing this change was defeated until the government was able to push the bill through circumventing normal parliamentary procedure.
Society takes time to adapt. Change takes time. Ask women about true equal rights or people from a different ethnic background, while its true society in the UK has come a long way over the last 50 years it still has a long way to go.