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MatthewVanitas (talk) 02:23, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Same-sex marriage in BIOT

Hi. Last year I have contacted (via email) with Foreign and Commonwealth Office authorities responsible for BIOT to ask whether same-sex marriage is legal there. They responded that local marriage law is under review in order to bring it more into line with UK law. Your assertion that same-sex marriage is already legal in the territory seems wrong. Regards. Ron 1987 (talk) 19:06, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

It wouldn't be wrong for British Military Personnel or for American Military Personnel. It is the same situation as Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The law reads the same for all members of the military. Considering it is an American military installation, the documentation I provided clearly states that marriage is legal.Andrew1444 (talk) 19:16, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Still, your assertion is wrong. The territory have its own marriage ordinance enacted in 1984. List of BIOT ordinances is

here. Ron 1987 (talk) 19:22, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

This situation has come up before: When marriage was prohibited by U.S. State law or constitution yet marriages are performed via court order or when individuals are married in Mexican municipalities when state law (which governs civil marriage in mexico) prohibits same-sex marriage. In this case, the individuals in the BIOT are able to use the Overseas Marriage (Armed Forces) Order or United States regulation to marry. The question is this: if a marriage was performed by a member of the British Armed forces, would the couple be married? Yes. If a marriage took place between an American and another individual, would the couple be married? Yes, though the US officer would be reassigned. In both cases, a different law overrides the local ordinance, just as a different law allows couples to marry in US states or Mexican municipalities. You can call it "de facto," yet marriage is still permitted. Andrew1444 (talk) 19:37, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Your claim that, in this case, "a different law overrides the local ordinance" is original research. US laws cannot override local laws since it is the UK territory administered by the authorities appointed by the UK government. Ron 1987 (talk) 19:48, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

EDIT: Ok, I'm not going to edit article about SSM in BIOT for now, but when new BIOT marriage ordinance is enacted, the article should be rewritten completely. Ron 1987 (talk) 19:58, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

I never said "a different law overrides the local ordinance" in the encyclopedia article. I wasn't aware that I couldn't used what you call "original research" as an argument on my own talk page. Andrew1444 (talk) 20:26, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

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Rights, rights, rights

Do you think as I think 🤔 ? He does not like the word « Rights ». Especially related to us.-Arorae (talk) 19:03, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

I agree

He clearly does not like the term "rights," but even his edits can be argued to be biased. It's an English language ambiguity, not cause for an edit. Andrew1444 (talk) 19:14, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

The name "Turkey"

Hi! You changed the name "Turkey" to the native Turkish spelling in an article. While it may be the new Turkish-government-endorsed name of Turkey in the English language, it is not the one we use here in the English-language Wikipedia: please see WP:COMMONNAME for the relevant policy. Another editor has already reverted your edit, so I don't need to do so myself; please don't reinstate your edit. — The Anome (talk) 14:15, 9 September 2022 (UTC)