Civil partnerships were introduced in the UK back in 2005, before marriage was made available for same-sex and LGBTQ+ couples (which happened in England, Wales, and Scotland in 2014, and in Northern ...

Heterosexual couples in England and Wales are to be given the right to enter into civil partnerships, the government has announced. Prime Minister Theresa May said that the legal union would not ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced last month that all couples in England and Wales will be given the option to legally recognize their relationships as either a marriage or a civil ...

A straight couple who were previously denied the right to enter into a civil partnership have won a claim at the Supreme Court that they had suffered discrimination. Civil partnerships are currently ...

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"It was officially a civil partnership, but we classed it as our wedding, it meant so much on the day," says Chris Cramp.

It has been 12 years since civil partnerships were first introduced into English law, yet they are apparently no less controversial than they were on day one, albeit for different reasons. Although ...

University of Lancashire provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Heterosexual couples in England and Wales will soon be allowed to enter into civil partnerships, formerly reserved for ...

One of the first mixed-sex couples to become civil partners hailed it as a "unique, special and personal moment". Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who won a legal battle for the right to ...

3 year-old Filipa, plays with the EU flag during a rally in support of civil partnerships, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Several hundred rallied Saturday to urge that civil ...

Earlier this year, Governor Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act (the “Civil Union Act”). Beginning June 1, 2011, for the first time in Illinois’ history, two ...