A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a mean to provide recognition...

(CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states...

Italy has recognised civil unions since 5 June 2016, providing same-sex couples with most of the legal protections, benefits and rights of marriage. A...

Civil partnership in the United Kingdom is a form of civil union between couples open to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples. It was introduced...

a civil solidarity pact (French: pacte civil de solidarité), commonly known as a PACS (pronounced [paks]), is a contractual form of civil union between...

American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union army...

continue to refuse to "licensing and performance of a civil marriage or the conversion of a stable union into a marriage between two people of the same sex"...

eight between two men and three between two women. This made up 2.7% of all unions performed those two years. The number of registered partnerships performed...

Civil union has been legal in New Zealand since 26 April 2005. The Civil Union Act 2004 to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex...

of consideration, the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City approved a civil union law called Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia. It was the first such law...

present-day France, only civil marriage has legal validity. A religious ceremony may be performed after or before the civil union, but it has no legal effect...

New Jersey were limited to civil unions, which are not recognized as marriages under federal law, the state must permit civil marriage for same-sex couples...

Civil unions in Quebec are available in Quebec to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples, which attempts to create the same rights for the partners as...

established stable unions on 23 March 2005, providing same-sex couples with some of the rights and benefits of marriage, and later enacted civil unions on 25 December...

as same-sex civil unions. Currently 33 of the 50 countries and the 8 dependent territories in Europe recognise some type of same-sex union, among them...

marriage, after the Netherlands. "Statutory cohabitation", a form of civil union open to any two legally consenting cohabiting persons, has been available...

legal provision to be established (such as civil unions) instead of same-sex marriage. Civil union, civil partnership, domestic partnership, registered...

Civil Union Act may refer to: Civil Union Act 2004 (New Zealand) Civil Union Act, 2006 (South Africa) Civil union This disambiguation page lists articles...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act, 2006 came into force on 30 November 2006. The decision of the Constitutional...

states have legal same-sex marriage, while others have the options of civil unions, domestic partnerships, or reciprocal beneficiary relationships. The...

sometimes other forms of legal unions as well. Sixteen countries and 34 jurisdictions worldwide have authorized civil unions or unregistered cohabitation...

biography, Queen Sofía of Spain revealed that she preferred the term "civil union" to "marriage" for committed same-sex relationships. This and other alleged...

Poland does not legally recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have limited legal rights...

People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) is a human rights body formed in India in 1976 by Jayaprakash Narayan, as the People's Union for Civil Liberties...

a court decision. Vermont was also the first U.S. state to introduce civil unions on July 1, 2000, following a ruling from the Supreme Court in Baker v...

facto unions in Portugal, a 276% increase from 20 years prior. Same-sex marriage in Portugal LGBT rights in Portugal Common-law marriage Civil union Domestic...

civil union laws, including the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the province of Río Negro. In the first decade of the 21st century, civil unions (Spanish:...

process for dissolving civil partnerships, akin to divorce. Schedule 20 recognises certain overseas unions as equivalent to civil partnerships under the...