Marriage will give them the same rights as straight marriage, ie if a partner is taken I'll abroad they will have the same right as a wife or husband, currently they don't. If they die without a will, they are not classed as next of kin so a legal battle ensues.

I'm sorry I don't see what the big issue is, why can't they have the same right to be as miserable as fuck as the rest of us after several years of marriage, joking aside. What's the big deal, if a church wants to marry them, let them, if a church doesn't want to marry someone they an still say no, shit it happens with straight people, although not that often as a church wedding is as expensive as fuck.

Some people need to realise we are living in the 21st century.