Humanist marriage on BBC Breakfast

Chelsie and Chris were interviewed on BBC Breakfast on the morning of 19 July 2022 as the Law Commission unveiled its proposals to overhaul marriage law in England and Wales.

Humanist couples in England and Wales have been patiently waiting for the law there to catch up with Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Channel Islands to allow legally recognised humanist marriages across the UK. While humanist ceremonies are the most popular kind of ceremony in Scotland, humanist couples south of the border in England need an additional civil ceremony to be legally married.

[erinwiebe]

I'm Canadian and was completely unaware this an issue in the UK. Laws limiting a wedding's location is an absurd notion to me and I hope their overhaul happens quickly. Marriage equality should be a right everyone can benefit from.

[natmeyy]

How can anything be legal when the people making these laws break every rule in the book ?

[abcdefgold]

I'm sad it won't be legal for our wedding - we were hoping it would be, but getting married the end of September and doesn't look like it's going to happen 😮‍💨

[aethellstan]

This is pretty poor reporting by the BBC. Firstly I wouldn't equate this marriage with a religious wedding, I would equate it with registry office wedding so in that sense they're the same. Secondly the reporter says this is the biggest change in the wedding laws for 150 years, what about same sex marriages then?

[ultenhiemer]

The location should make little difference... Most of you are going to divorce eventually anyway. Marriage is pretty unsuccessful and still as archaic as it's rules.

[tamneal]

I agree with 'Æthelstan First King of the Anglo Saxons' - you don't go to the BBC Breakfast programme for top-notch journalism.