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Mon 08 Aug 2010Gay couples call for full rights
SAME-SEX couples should not be grateful for being given half the rights of married couples in Ireland, a demonstration to highlight shortcomings in civil partnership legislation was told yesterday.
Anna McCarthy, organiser with Noise, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campaign group, said while the introduction of civil partnership legislation may have been a victory for decency, it was not a victory for equality or civil rights.
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