Gays celebrating the new law yesterday
Gay funerals become legal in the UK.
The new law, which will come in to practice on 19th December in England and Wales and on 20th December in Northern Ireland and Scotland, will put many gay minds at rest.
Geoffrey Squiggie, a retired hair-dresser from Hull, said from his death bed, “Oooh, darling. I am so happy that I don’t have to die a lie. Now I feel I can slip away peacefully.”
Julian “Horse” Horris already knows what he wants on his gravestone, “Nothing fancy for me, just: Julian Horris – a dead gay.”
The new law will mean that the deceased can be buried in a pink coffin. Homosexual innuendo epitaphs will also be allowed. At cremations, as well as the reading of “Ashes to Ashes” from the Book of Common Prayer, gays will have the option of playing David Bowie’s hit song of the same name.
Campaigners believe that gay funerals will bring colour to what is normally a drab affair.