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civil union
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civil status similar to marriage, most often independent of the gender of partners
A civil union is a legal status similar to marriage that typically grants couples comparable rights and protections. It matters because it provides an alternative to traditional marriage that, in many places, is available to same-sex couples or others who may not be able to marry.
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Vinony's link graph records 2,350 inbound references to civil union, and connects out to Same-sex marriage in Switzerland, marriage and The New York Times.
It sits within the topics Kinship and descent, Social institutions and State recognition of same-sex relationships.
Vinony links it to 55 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- interpersonal relationship
- Subclass of
- interpersonal relationship
- Part of
- LGBTQ rights
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- World civil union.svg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Civil unions and partnerships by country
- different from
- domestic partnership
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Commons category
- Civil union
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