The Re-branding of Marriage: Why We Got Married Instead of Registering a Civil Partnership.

Assesses developments in same-sex partnership legislation in Great Britain in the light of human rights activism, feminist and LGBT debates, and the authors' own decision to marry. Relevance of critiques of marriage; Usefulness to the government of the rebranding of marriage as civil partnership; Pragmatic argument behind the authors' decision to marry; Equality and human rights.