How To Use Civil union In A Sentence
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Roommates, siblings, and other human arrangements would benefit from such legal protections as a civil union.
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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.
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It is a companion to the Civil Union Bill, but it stands alone.
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If the Civil Union bill is dumped, there will be so many changes made to this bill that it will almost be a redraft.
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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.
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Marriage and civil union, of course, have an explicit declaration of commitment and interdependence that may be missing in a de facto relationship.
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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.
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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.
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One need not become a Vermont resident to marry or enter a civil union there.
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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.
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As expected, they were wary of his term inside the Obama administration, and objected to his support for civil unions and embrace of evolution and climate change.
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I have asked many married couples I know whether they would, if given the option, trade in their marriages for a civil union.
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A couple of liberal Wellington ministers have announced their intention to become civil union celebrants and make their churches available.
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The civil unions law in Vermont has proved to be good news for gay and lesbian couples.
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The merger with marriage recognition is wrong whether it is called SSM or Civil Union.
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Australian Marriage Equality national convenor Peter Furness said gay marriage would be recognised overseas, unlike civil unions.
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Seven other states allow gay couples to join in civil unions that have full marriage benefits.
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And I had the great joy of taking part in a dear friend's civil unionization last summer being rather well spoken, I "officiated" the ceremony - in the nude.
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Weaselly but Democratic The New H.mpshire G.neral Court, which two years ago passed a law establishing same-sex civil unions, is considering legislation to rename these unions and call them "marriage," reports Foster's Daily Democrat of Dover, N.H. Commentary's J.G. Thayer takes exception.
As American as Apple Pie
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This bill is called the Civil Union Bill, but right now in New Zealand we all know that we have civil disunion.
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The result of all this litigation is to put Susan in the position of having to choose between having visitation with her children and allowing her civil union partner to live with her.
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‘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.
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For instance, is a marriage subsequent to a civil union bigamy?
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Thirdly, marriage celebrants are not required to perform civil union ceremonies.
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parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage
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To the extent that civil unions will duplicate marriage, then extending that privilege is clearly unnecessary.
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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.
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I do not believe that civil union vows, or marriage vows for that matter, are only of symbolic value.
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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.
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After a recent topsy-turvy spell (we live in interesting political times), the Civil Union Bill appears to be back on track.
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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.
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The civil union legislation exists because the Marriage Act as it was - the only basis to formalise the legal status of relationships - was vulnerable to human rights complaints.
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Couples wishing to enter a civil union have to apply to the local registry for a licence.
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Additionally, civil unions can be dissolved much like divorce - still a necessary out even among same sex couples.
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If Hawaiians consider civil unions to be marriage by another name, why don't they just go ahead and call it what it is. *marriage*
Gay/Lesbian Forum
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All of the five possible legal solutions to the issue of same-sex couples — redefinition of marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships, federal marriage amendment, and what I am calling disestablishment — strike me as seriously flawed and likely to be harmful to children.
SSM opponant changes his mind
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Married or civil unioned people considering placing their property into tenancy by the entireties, or any other form of joint title, should be aware that the transaction may very well change the way in which the property would be divided upon divorce.
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The issue is no longer when civil unions will be recognized but what form they will take.
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The companion bill changes over 100 Acts to eliminate all differences for legal purposes between marriage, civil union, and shacking up for a couple of nights with no particular plan to end the relationship.
