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civil union
n.
A legal union of a same-sex couple, sanctioned by a civil authority.
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Noun1.civil union - 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"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried


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If the 1999 court ruling that led to civil unions for gays in Vermont was an occasion for champagne, New Jersey's late-October decision granting same-sex couples rights equal to marriage--but not the name marriage--called for a bottle of beer.
Will New Jersey stop at civil unions? The state supreme court says ... by Rostow, Ann / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Mello describes these processes in his analysis of civil unions by first describing the court's decision on same-sex marriage, by cataloguing some of the publicly expressed hatred that followed the decision, by delineating the court's role in protecting the interests of minorities, and by noting the political and the cultural climate in which these events took place.
Michael Mello, Legalizing Gay Marriage by Mancoske, Ronald J. / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
New Zealand's Associate Justice Minister, David Benson-Pope, lashed out at Catholic and Evangelical groups opposed to civil union legislation for same-sex couples.
Unions, not marriage? by Catholic Insight
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