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...
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(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...
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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a civil solidarity pact (French: pacte civil de solidarité), commonly known as a PACS (pronounced [paks]), is a contractual form of civil union between...
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Same-sex marriage in Brazil (redirect from Civil union in Brazil)
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"...
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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...
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Same-sex marriage in Liechtenstein (redirect from Civil union in Liechtenstein)
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...
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Same-sex marriage in Mexico (redirect from Civil Unions in Mexico)
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...
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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...
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Same-sex marriage in Andorra (redirect from Civil unions in the Andorra)
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...
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Same-sex marriage in New Jersey (redirect from Civil union in New Jersey)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Same-sex marriage in Belgium (redirect from Civil union in Belgium)
marriage, after the Netherlands. "Statutory cohabitation", a form of civil union open to any two legally consenting cohabiting persons, has been available...
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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...
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Same-sex marriage (redirect from Same-sex civil marriage)
legal provision to be established (such as civil unions) instead of same-sex marriage. Civil union, civil partnership, domestic partnership, registered...
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Same-sex marriage in Vermont (redirect from Civil union in Vermont)
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...
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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")...
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Same-sex marriage in South Africa (redirect from Civil unions in South Africa)
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...
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states have legal same-sex marriage, while others have the options of civil unions, domestic partnerships, or reciprocal beneficiary relationships. The...
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sometimes other forms of legal unions as well. Sixteen countries and 34 jurisdictions worldwide have authorized civil unions or unregistered cohabitation...
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Same-sex marriage in Spain (redirect from Civil union in Spain)
biography, Queen Sofía of Spain revealed that she preferred the term "civil union" to "marriage" for committed same-sex relationships. This and other alleged...
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Same-sex marriage in Argentina (redirect from Civil union in Argentina)
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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Same-sex marriage in Luxembourg (redirect from Civil union in luxembourg)
private member's bill to create free unions (Luxembourgish: fräi Unioun, pronounced [fʀæːɪ uniˈəʊn]; French: union libre, pronounced [ynjɔ̃ libʁ]; German:...
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