Contractwithpendingvalidityrefers to the pending state of both thevalidityorinvalidityof contract, and it needs a third partywho has the right of formationto subsequentlyendorseorrefuse.
In a reference to equality legislation preventing discrimination against homosexual people, Cardinal O'Brien denounced what he claims is the way Christians have been prevented from acting in accordance with their beliefs because they refusetoendorse such lifestyles.