UK Divorce Lowest in 45 Years

June 23, 2017

Decline partly due to fewer marriages Data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday show that fewer people are getting divorced in England and Wales than at any other time since the law was liberalized in 1971. According to the report, 2015 saw the dissolution of 101,055 marriages, a decrease of 9.1% compared with […]

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UN Slams Australian ‘Forced Transgender Divorce’ Laws

June 23, 2017

Different state and territory governments have been asked to repeal the law Image by ** RCB **  The United Nations has asked Australian state and territory governments to reconsider their transgender divorce laws which require transgender people to divorce prior to changing their birth certificates if they want the latter to reflect the gender they identify […]

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Colorado Makes it Legal to Text and Drive

June 22, 2017

The law toughens penalties for the same Colorado’s new law makes texting and driving legal while simultaneously toughening the penalties for the act. Under the changes, a driver will only be pulled over if, while texting, he is careless at the wheel. According to the Denver Channel, “For officers to pull someone over and write […]

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New York Outlaws Child Marriage

June 22, 2017

Children under 18 can no longer be married under new law Gov. Cuomo by Diana Robinson New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law raising the age an individual can marry from 14 to 18. Previous law made it possible for people as young as 14 years to get married provided they received prior […]

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