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a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex
parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage
How To Use civil union In A Sentence
- The government refused to approve yesterday's civil union at City Hall because it said the couple had given ‘incorrect’ information during the prenuptial vetting process.
- ‘The dissimilitude between the terms ‘civil marriage’ and ‘civil union’ is not innocuous: it is a considered choice of language that reflects a demonstrable assigning of same-sex, largely homosexual couples to second-class status.
- For instance, is a marriage subsequent to a civil union bigamy?
- Thirdly, marriage celebrants are not required to perform civil union ceremonies.
- parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage
- To the extent that civil unions will duplicate marriage, then extending that privilege is clearly unnecessary.
- Last week during the submissions to the Civil Union bill people were grouped up so that they got five minute slots each to present their submission.
- I do not believe that civil union vows, or marriage vows for that matter, are only of symbolic value.
- It also addresses what he described as "unfairness and prejudice toward gay and lesbian couples" who might not be entitled to payments, if their civil unions or marriages aren't recognized in Indiana. CNN.com
- After a recent topsy-turvy spell (we live in interesting political times), the Civil Union Bill appears to be back on track.
