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| Northern Ireland judge rejects two challenges to same-sex marriage ban | Northern Ireland judge rejects two challenges to same-sex marriage ban |
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| Two court challenges against the same-sex marriage ban in Northern Ireland have been dismissed. | Two court challenges against the same-sex marriage ban in Northern Ireland have been dismissed. |
| Mr Justice O’Hara rejected both cases, insisting it did not violate the rights of LGBT couples. | Mr Justice O’Hara rejected both cases, insisting it did not violate the rights of LGBT couples. |
| Delivering his judgment at the high court in Belfast, O’Hara said it was up to the Stormont assembly to decide social policy in Northern Ireland. | Delivering his judgment at the high court in Belfast, O’Hara said it was up to the Stormont assembly to decide social policy in Northern Ireland. |
| The judge heard the cases together due to the similarities of the legal arguments. | The judge heard the cases together due to the similarities of the legal arguments. |
| The first case, known as petition X due to an anonymity order, involved two men who married in London in 2014 and were attempting to have their union recognised in Northern Ireland. | The first case, known as petition X due to an anonymity order, involved two men who married in London in 2014 and were attempting to have their union recognised in Northern Ireland. |
| Their marriage was changed to a civil partnership in law when they moved to the region. | Their marriage was changed to a civil partnership in law when they moved to the region. |
| In the second case, two couples in civil partnerships, Grainne Close and Shannon Sickles, and Chris and Henry Flanagan-Kane, argued that the ban breaches their human rights. | In the second case, two couples in civil partnerships, Grainne Close and Shannon Sickles, and Chris and Henry Flanagan-Kane, argued that the ban breaches their human rights. |
| The couples were the first and second in the UK respectively to enter into a civil partnership after Northern Ireland became the first part of the UK to make that option available in December 2005. | The couples were the first and second in the UK respectively to enter into a civil partnership after Northern Ireland became the first part of the UK to make that option available in December 2005. |
| They brought the case against the department of finance, which regulates Northern Ireland’s marriage laws, on the grounds that the ban contravenes the right to marriage and respect for family life under the European convention on human rights. | They brought the case against the department of finance, which regulates Northern Ireland’s marriage laws, on the grounds that the ban contravenes the right to marriage and respect for family life under the European convention on human rights. |
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