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Children born outside the UK to same-sex British parents left stateless by Home Office

Children born outside of the UK to British parents in same-sex relationships have been left stateless by the Home Office, according to The Guardian. The department has told British nationals and their EU partners that children born abroad to a British parent (who was also born outside of the country) are ineligible for citizenship. Some EU countries do not recognise same-sex partnerships and denied children citizenship on that basis. This leaves them stateless as neither country has issued documentation. Many same-sex parents have been left in an uncertain position and…

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‘Gay cake’ discrimination case thrown out by European Court of Human Rights

Gareth Lee has lost a seven-year legal battle over a bakery in Belfast refusing to make him a cake with “support gay marriage” written on it. On 6 January, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Lee’s claim against the bakery was inadmissible. In 2016, a Belfast county court and a court of appeal both reached the outcome that Lee had been discriminated against by the bakery because of his sexual orientation. Two years later, however, the UK Supreme Court overturned the failed appeal by Ashers bakery –…

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