Civil partnerships 'still popular' in the UK

The number of gay couples making a wedding speech is likely to remain steady in 2010, it has been claimed.

Gino Meriano, gay rights campaigner for same-sex families and founder of the Gay Wedding Show, pointed out that according to many reports, there has been a 46 per cent decline in the number of civil partnerships.

However, he described this as "complete baloney" and said that in fact, there was an influx of ceremonies taking place in 2007 and 2008.

Mr Meriano continued that in his opinion, there are likely to be between 800 and 1,000 people sending out wedding invitations and holding same-sex marriages every month in the UK.

"That would be your standard number that you would expect because it's a niche market," he added.

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into effect on December 5th 2005 and was the first time that same-sex couples aged 16 or over could obtain a legal recognition of their union.

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