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Related: About this forumMen banned from becoming Queen as 700 years of law redrafted ahead of gay marriage
By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor
Men are to be banned from becoming Queen or Princess of Wales as part of an unprecedented effort to rewrite more than 700 years of law to prevent unintended consequences of gay marriage.
Even a 14th Century act declaring it high treason to have an affair with the monarchs husband or wife is included in the sweeping redrafting exercise.
Civil servants have drawn up a list of scores of statutes and regulations dating back as far 1285 to be amended or specifically excluded when the Governments Same-Sex Marriage Act comes into force next month.
Under proposals to be debated by MPs and Peers as early as next week, terms such as widow will be deleted or reworded in legislation covering topics as diverse as seamens pensions and London cab licences to take account of the new definition of marriage.
References to mothers, fathers, husbands and wives are also to be amended to avoid future confusion.
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Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...I guess someone had to address this?
ElboRuum
(4,717 posts)Nevertheless, it still causes my WeirdShitOMeter to peg off scale.
Warpy
(111,255 posts)I think you can take this article with a pound of salt.
It could have been a story from the Onion had the style been less prissy.