after last night's debate on gay marriage, i stumbled across this:

http://money.guardian.co.uk/familyfinance/story/0,11674,1438240,00.html

i'm just wondering if any action the government take will also cover same-sex couples. if this is not the case, i will concede the argument that civil partnerships were indeed a cynical manoeuvre to fob off LGBT people. if however the draft bill (due 2007) does extend to all co-habiting couples, then i think what i said last night holds true: this government is committed to equality in our favour and the CPs are just the first step towards this.