homosexuality and LGBT rights, and in September 2004 the British government agreed to postpone a vote in the House of Commons on a Bill to provide for same-sex civil partnerships, to avoid a clash with talks aimed at restoring devolved rule in Northern Ireland. All six DUP Members of Parliament planned to vote against the Bill. Eventually, however, it was enacted as the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and Northern Ireland was the first part of the British Isles to register a partnership. See also LGBT rights in Northern Ireland References LGBT history in the United Kingdom LGBT rights in Northern Ireland Protests in Northern Ireland Organisations that oppose LGBT rights in the United Kingdom 1977 in LGBT history 1977 in Northern Ireland Discrimination against LGBT people