Group holds mock weddings to highlight flaw in civil law

UNIVERSITY College Cork’s Honan Chapel is a favoured wedding venue but two of the three “couples” who tied the knot outside its gates yesterday might not ordinarily be allowed to exchange vows in a church.

The mock weddings were part of the Rainbow Week event organised by the college’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, with emphasis on their disappointment with aspects of the Civil Partnership Act which came into effect this month.

The acted-out ceremony was officiated by DJ Jules Walsh and featured a male-female couple and two same sex-couples — two young men and two young women.