[TomGullen]

Source? In the UK I'm pretty confident the definition of marriage isn't exclusive domain to heterosexual couples.

[DanBC]

Same sex marriage is still not legal in NI, so you're not quite right for "UK". And gay people were only allowed to marry in 2014.

The UK does better than most countries for supporting LGBT rights, but it took a long time. The UK discriminated against homosexuals for many years, and we still have some way to go to fully recognising rights of LGBT people.

[foldr]

>And gay people were only allowed to marry in 2014.

This is true, of course, but potentially a little misleading for people not familiar with the UK, since civil partnerships have been available since 2004.

[clort]

civil partnerships were also misleading, since myself and my opposite sex partner are not allowed to get one, even though we are both civilians.

[foldr]

I'm not defending civil partnerships, just noting that the change in 2004 was pretty significant.

[alexro]

Cultural means that everywhere where there is a similar culture the things will mean the same to people.