Dear Equal Civil Partnerships community, We are delighted to share with you the good news that we won our legal case at the Supreme Court! The highest court in the land has stated, unequivocally and unanimously – five, nil – that there is no, and never has been any, justification for what they call a ‘manifest inequality of treatment.’ As a result, we are one massive step closer to opening civil partnerships to all. We are elated. But to get this far, we have had to go toe-to-toe with the Government over four long years, confronting four Equalities Ministers across three courts. They have wasted taxpayers’ money to defend and maintain a blatant inequality. So please forgive us if today, alongside the satisfaction we feel, we also feel a degree of sorrow and frustration at the delays, obstruction and official resistance we’ve experienced. But let’s focus on the positive: Today’s Declaration of Incompatibility from the Supreme Court means that the Government is legally bound to end the difference in treatment between same-sex and different-sex couples’ access to civil partnerships. The Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt MP, has already publicly assured the UK’s leading LGBT organisation, Stonewall, that civil partnerships will be retained for same-sex couples. Therefore, there is only one option: to extend civil partnerships to all. So we say to Ms. Mordaunt: Please use fast-track legislation to remedy this inequality or back Tim Loughton’s original Private Members Bill. You can be the minister that completes the circle of full relationship equality. Please seize this historic opportunity. We wouldn’t be in the position we are today without the encouragement and support we’ve received from all of you. Thank you for signing our petition and for sharing with us your personal stories - they’ve kept us going through on the road to this resounding victory. Please continue to back the campaign for Equal Civil Partnerships on GoFundMe because though we’ve won in court, the fight for civil partnerships doesn’t end here. It must go on unless and until civil partnerships are extended to all couples. Here's the link: http://gofundme.com/ecpcampaigns The law is on our side. Now we must pressure the Government to do the right thing too. Together we can open civil partnerships to all. Thank you, Rebecca and Charles