I am all for progression and equality but in my heart of hearts, I never know if opening up civil partnerships to opposite sex couples achieves that. On September 22, 2002, voters in the Swiss canton of Zurich voted to extend a quantity of marriage rights to same-sex partners, like tax, inheritance, and social security advantages. On January 25, 2013 Sejm voted upon 3 separate bills regarding identical-sex civil unions in Poland: by the centre-left Democratic Left Alliance , liberal Palikot’s Movement and centre-suitable Civic Platform Deputies voted: Initially one particular 283 against, 137 for, 30 abstained. The terms applied to designate civil unions are not standardized, and differ widely from nation to country.

I know a quantity of hetrosexual couples who would prefer to have a civil partnership than get married. AFAIK in Ireland there is no recognition of typical law marriage circumstances, that is, a union without having … Read the rest >>>