She lives with her partner in a civil union and has one son.
She has a civil union with her partner, and one child.
Saying a civil union is the same as marriage does not make it so.
She entered into a civil union with her wife in 2007.
None of the research covered the support for civil union.
And what do partners in a civil union call each other?
In a former office of apartheid, a very civil union.
After being a couple for over 20 years, the two entered into a civil union on September 8, 2012.
The first reported civil union was performed in August 2009.
Civil unions have been proposed in at least six states since 2006.
The other rights of a civil partnership are not provided.
It is not legal to be in both a civil partnership and a marriage at the same time.
There will still be large legal differences between civil partnership and marriage.
There are currently about 5,500 civil partnerships taking place every year.
To book a civil partnership you first need to identify the appropriate local authority.
We can also help if you're getting married or entering into a civil partnership abroad.
If you're not married or in a civil partnership you count only your share of joint income.
No legislation has so far been introduced to recognize civil partnerships.
She hopes to be "inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership."
Other states, like California, have similar benefits for domestic partnership.
The state of California first offered domestic partnerships in 2000.
The couple is still living together today, and they entered into a domestic partnership under California law in 2004.
A Domestic partnership is a contract between two people who live together.
If domestic partnership were a civil right, there would be no need for an additional law.
This procedure is available when the domestic partnership has not been in force for more than five years.
Texas also does not offer civil unions or domestic partnerships.
How domestic partnership will be verified has not been decided yet.
Those who support traditional marriage say domestic partnerships would undermine it.
Civil unions and domestic partnerships are not the same as marriage.