Search results for ‘marriage’
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Crystal Hefner on her marriage to Hugh and being ‘trapped’ in the Playboy Mansion
Crystal Hefner tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about life at the Playboy Mansion as one of Hugh Hefner’s three live-in girlfriends, how he made her ‘feel small and afraid for so long’, and why she’s finally decided to speak out, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Kate Forbes continues SNP leadership bid despite backlash over equal marriage views
The SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has insisted her campaign isn’t over – despite support draining away over her views on gay rights.
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SNP leadership frontrunner says she would have voted against equal marriage
Three candidates have now entered the race to become Scotland’s next First Minister, following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon.
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Abortion and same-sex marriage to be legalised in N Ireland
Abortion laws in Northern Ireland will be relaxed at midnight, after the DUP failed in a last-ditch attempt to stop the changes. The new legislation, which also legalises same-sex marriage, was introduced by MPs in Westminster. Today was the last day for politicians in Northern Ireland to stop it being implemented, something which proved impossible…
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Underage marriage in Iraq
The facts are shocking – young girls, some as young as nine – forced into marriage – in a country which should give women equal rights in everything from education to marriage and divorce.
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MPs vote to extend same-sex marriage and abortion to Northern Ireland
MPs have tonight voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending abortion and same-sex rights to Northern Ireland, in line with the rest of the UK. The votes happened during a debate about how to keep Northern Ireland running in the absence of a devolved government, which collapsed in March 2017.
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Life after despair: This woman was tricked into a sham vacation marriage, then the world heard her story
After this programme reported on it last year, it was extensively debated online, transforming the life of one of the women we spoke to.
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‘Sex tourists’ duping Somali virgins into marriage
In Somalia, poverty is forcing women into sexual exploitation as men from the country who’ve emigrated to the west return to take advantage of them. Many of the women are refugees who are lured by the offer of a better life abroad. They often go through a fake wedding ceremony. The women are later abandoned…
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Garth Greenwell on cruising, gay marriage and LGBT rights
Garth Greenwell, whose debut novel, ‘What Belongs To You’, has been dubbed ‘the great gay novel for our times’, discusses LGBT rights.
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Church debates same-sex marriage
Church of England leaders have just voted to throw out a controversial report on same-sex marriage and homosexuality.
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Ruth Davidson’s equal marriage message to Belfast
Despite some polls showing overwhelming support for same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland remains the only country in the British Isles where it is banned.
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Gay marriage vote in NI will not change law
A majority of Northern Ireland Assembly members vote to legalise gay marriage, but the law will not be changed.
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US Supreme Court legalises gay marriage
Judges rule that the US constitution gives gay people the right to marry, marking a historic victory for equality campaigners.
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Forced marriage: man sentenced in historic first prosecution
A man is sentenced to 16 years in prison after becoming the first person in the UK to be prosecuted under forced marriage laws.
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Ireland votes overwhelmingly for gay marriage
The country becomes the first in the world to introduce same-sex marriage after a national referendum, with 62 per cent voting yes.