A gay couple together for almost 49 years were among the first to be married under new laws in England allowing civil partnerships to be converted to marriage
A gay couple together for almost 49 years were among the first to be married under new laws in England allowing civil partnerships to be converted to marriage, reports LogoTV.
Roger Lockyer (87) and Percy Steven (75) were among the first couples in England to enter into a civil partnership in 2005.
Lockyer said:
“To me, it feels like reaching the top. We really are married. Which is what we have been for nearly half a century of course. But to have formal recognition of that I think is something that’s so unexpected and wonderful.”
Steven said that he is most looking forward to finally joining the couple’s utility accounts because he can now “ask for an account in both names.”
Same-sex marriage became legal in Scotland on Tuesday. Northern Ireland is now the only part of the UK where gay marriage remains illegal.
