Two registrars are being investigated after allegedly refusing to conduct same-sex partnership ceremonies because they went against their religious beliefs. It is claimed they swapped their shifts at a register office informally to avoid the civil unions. Both work at Lambeth town hall in Brixton, south London, where ceremonies for same-sex couples have been offered since 2005. The allegations were made by another registrar at an equality seminar in May. A member of the Labour council’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender forum was at the seminar and complained to the borough’s chief executive, who ordered an investigation.

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