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</table>]]'''Marriage equality''' refers to the extension to same-sex couples of the ability to get married in the same way as opposite-sex couples. Full same-sex marriage has now been legally recognised in a number of coutnries around the world, and in some stattes of the USA. In the UK, demand for same-sex marriage was initially met by the introduciton of [[civil partnership]]s, which provide almost all of the rights and obligations of marriage. However some ifferences remain, which has led for the campaign to extend marriage as such to same-sex couples. | </table>]]'''Marriage equality''' refers to the extension to same-sex couples of the ability to get married in the same way as opposite-sex couples. Full same-sex marriage has now been legally recognised in a number of coutnries around the world, and in some stattes of the USA. In the UK, demand for same-sex marriage was initially met by the introduciton of [[civil partnership]]s, which provide almost all of the rights and obligations of marriage. However some ifferences remain, which has led for the campaign to extend marriage as such to same-sex couples. | ||
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| + | In response for the growing call for some form of recognition of same-sex relationships, teh [[Mayor London]], [[Ken Livingstone]] introduced the [[London Partnership Register]]. | ||
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Revision as of 07:40, 23 May 2012
Rings indicate areas where local judges have granted marriage or imposed the death penalty in a country where that is not otherwise the law. 1May include recent laws or court decisions which have created legal recognition of same-sex relationships, but which have not entered into effect yet |
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Partnership registrations
In response for the growing call for some form of recognition of same-sex relationships, teh Mayor London, Ken Livingstone introduced the London Partnership Register.
Civil partnerships
Civil partnerships were introduced by the Labour Government under the Civil Partnership Act 2004. The first civil partnerships were formed in December 2005.
