civil union

How To Use civil union In A Sentence

• Roommates, siblings, and other human arrangements would benefit from such legal protections as a civil union.
• Additionally, the very notion of family is being redefined as Ame-ricans consider a variety of arrangements including domestic partnerships, civil unions, and gay marriage. The Jakarta Post Breaking News
• It is a companion to the Civil Union Bill, but it stands alone.
• If the Civil Union bill is dumped, there will be so many changes made to this bill that it will almost be a redraft.
• Civil unions for same sex couples are established hereunder and shall provide entirely the same benefits, protections, rights, and responsibilities that are afforded to couples married under Massachusetts law.
• Marriage and civil union, of course, have an explicit declaration of commitment and interdependence that may be missing in a de facto relationship.
• But whereas civil union, I see civil union as essentially the same thing except not under a religion and that state has a right to recognize a civil union.
• And when the issue of civil unions was raised, the law was quietly passed and the voters demanded that there be a revote because so few people knew that that initial vote was taking place.
• One need not become a Vermont resident to marry or enter a civil union there.
• And, until you dissolve your present marriage or civil union, it would be bigamous for you to try to marry or register with someone else - and thus you could be prevented from legally re-partnering with a new beloved. Jenny Block: Why Won't Texas Grant a Divorce to a Same-Sex Couple?