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  Gender Recognition Bill - Allow Marriages to Remain Valid If They Become a Same Sex Marriage
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow mixed sex marriages which become a same sex marriage to remain valid as long as neither party object.
  
  @ MP voted no against allowing mixed sex marriages which become a same sex marriage to remain valid as long as neither party objected.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing mixed sex marriages which become a same sex marriage to remain valid as long as neither party objected.
  
  MPs were considering the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/056/04056.i-iv.html Gender Recognition Bill].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Successful applications: married couples'' and stated:
  
  : 'If an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued to a person under [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/056/04056.1-5.html#j3 section 4(3)] an application may be made to the Secretary of State to award a full gender recognition certificate without the provisions of Schedule 2 or section 5 having effect ifâ
  
  :(a) neither party to the marriage wish the marriage to be dissolved or annulled,
  
  :(b) both parties to the marriage can show they intend to continue living together, and
  
  :(c) the marriage took place before the date of Royal Assent of this Act.
  
  [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/056/04056.1-5.html#j3 Clause 4 of the Bill] was titled ''Successful applications'' and began:
  
  :(1)  If a Gender Recognition Panel grants an application under section 1(1) it must issue a gender recognition certificate to the applicant.
  :(2)   Unless the applicant is married, the certificate is to be a full gender recognition certificate.
  :(3)   If the applicant is married, the certificate is to be an interim gender recognition certificate.
  
  
  At the time of the vote [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom same sex marriage was not legal in the United Kingdom]
  
  
  
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