as in domestic partnership
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Recent Examples of civil union
Liechtenstein legalized civil unions in a 2011 referendum.
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Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2024
Iceland, for example, allowed gay civil unions back in 1996.
—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
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Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2024
Iceland, for example, allowed gay civil unions back in 1996.
—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
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“Civil union.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20union. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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