A lesbian couple have been turned away from a registry office after attempting to apply for a marriage licence.
Colette French and Katie Green, both 21, of Portsmouth, attended Petersfield Register office earlier.
The couple carried out the move in a challenge to the UK’s legal ban on same-sex marriage. Ms French described the rejection as “upsetting”.
Gay couples have been able to have civil partnerships since December 2005 but remain banned from getting married.
Ms French and Ms Green are being supported by campaign group Equal Love, which opposes the ban on gay marriage and straight civil partnerships.
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