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'''Barrie Drewitt and Tony Barlow''', known as Drewitt-Barlow, male homosexual couple who became the first in England, UK, to obtain children by means of paid [[IVF]] and [[surrogacy]]. Until 2015, they ran a [[surrogacy ]] business The British Surrogacy Centre in Maldon, Essex UK. Since then they have moved to [[Philadelphia]] USA.

'''Barrie Drewitt and Tony Barlow''', known as Drewitt-Barlow, male homosexual couple who became the first in England, UK, to obtain children by means of paid [[IVF]] and [[surrogacy]]. Until 2015, they ran a surrogacy business The British Surrogacy Centre in Maldon, Essex UK. Since then they have moved to the USA.

They have courted publicity in every possible way, by displaying themselves and their five children from birth onwards on TV series, in newspapers and on social media such as Facebook and Instagram.  

They have courted publicity in every possible way, by displaying themselves and their five children from birth onwards on TV series, in newspapers and on social media such as Facebook and Instagram.  

In 2013 they threatened to sue the Church of England (which has a legal exemption from conducting-sex marriages) for refusing to marry them. They claimed to be practicing members of the church. <ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gay-dads-sue-church-england-2119665</ref>

After the UK legalized same-sex marriage in 2013 the Drewitt-Barlows threatened to sue the Church of England (which has a legal exemption from conducting same-sex marriages) for refusing to marry them. They claimed to be practicing members of the church. <ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gay-dads-sue-church-england-2119665</ref>

<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383686/Millionaire-gay-fathers-sue-Church-England-allowing-married-church.html</ref>

<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383686/Millionaire-gay-fathers-sue-Church-England-allowing-married-church.html</ref>