as in domestic partnership
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Recent Examples of civil union
Iceland, for example, allowed gay civil unions back in 1996.
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Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
One of the things that the administration was thinking of doing was making people who had civil unions dissolve them, so that would have taken some time.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 May 2024
Already in February 2023, the pope had said that Benedict once dismissed a complaint about what Francis said on civil unions, but offered fewer details.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
Sham argued that the Hong Kong government’s failure to let him and other gay and lesbian couples get married, or enter some forms of civil union partnership, had infringed upon their rights to equality and privacy.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
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Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
One of the things that the administration was thinking of doing was making people who had civil unions dissolve them, so that would have taken some time.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 May 2024
Already in February 2023, the pope had said that Benedict once dismissed a complaint about what Francis said on civil unions, but offered fewer details.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
Sham argued that the Hong Kong government’s failure to let him and other gay and lesbian couples get married, or enter some forms of civil union partnership, had infringed upon their rights to equality and privacy.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
See all Example Sentences for civil union
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“Civil union.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20union. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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