Required changes to law could be fairly easy
A leading Island advocate says he’s confident Tynwald will eventually approve same-sex marriages, although it may take some time.
Paul Beckett, who works on human rights issues, says the right to marriage is enshrined in the UN’s universal declaration of rights dating back to the 1940s.
He says he believes the required changes to the law could be made fairly easily – with no need to re-write swathes of legislation.
But he says the Island’s lawmakers tend to move cautiously after seeing similar laws elsewhere:
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