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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 partnerships, 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.

Partnership registrations

In response for the growing call for some form of recognition of same-sex relationships, the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone introduced the London Partnership Register in 2001. This enabled same-sex couples to have a degree of recognition by an official body of their relatiobnship, but had no legal force. It was open to opposite-sex as well as same-sex couples. Similar registers were set up in othe places in the UK.The success of the London Partnership Register, and the lack of any public outcry against it, is thought to have paved the way for the introduction of civil partnerships.

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.

The demand for marriage equality

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