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What Is A Civil Partnership And How Is It Different From Getting Married?
The first heterosexual couples are tying the civil knot today.
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Chris York
'A Better Fit': Three Straight Couples Already Planning Their Civil Partnerships
"Marriage just wasn't a good fit for us."
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Isabel Togoh
What Is The Difference Between Civil Partnership And Marriage?
A court has ruled banning straight couples from civil partnership is discrimination.
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Sophie Gallagher
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Rachel Moss
Heterosexual Couple Lose Court Of Appeal Battle For Right To Civil Partnership
They do not wish to get married.
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Sarah Ann Harris
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