civil partnerships
Nonmarital legal bonds
Civil partnerships are legally recognized unions between two people, offering rights and responsibilities similar to marriage.
Originally created in several countries to provide same-sex couples with legal protections before marriage equality, civil partnerships typically grant inheritance rights, hospital visitation, and tax benefits.
They entered into a civil partnership in 2008.
Some jurisdictions now extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples as an alternative to marriage.
- same-sex marriagesUnions between partners alike
- relationshipsLinks between individuals
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
- equal treatmentUniform handling regardless of identity
- legal recognitionFormal validity under law
legal rights · inheritance rights · next of kin · adoption rights · survivor benefits · hospital visitation · union · marriage contract · joint ownership · dissolution · legal separation · spousal rights · postnuptial agreement · marital status · prenuptial agreement · family law · common law marriage · contract
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- Blair EraTony Blair, New Labour, Gordon Brown, spin doctors, Downing Street
civil partnershipscohabitation
Dwelling together unmarried
living together · marriage · matrimony · de facto relationship · common-law relationships
civil partnershipscasual dating
Non-exclusive romantic involvement
friends with benefits · situationship · hookup · open relationship · no strings attached
civil partnershipsholy matrimony
Sacred rite of spousal union
religious marriage · church wedding · temple marriage · sacred union · matrimony
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