1. He married Cowles in a civil union in 2006.

2. To say marriage and a civil union are the same institution is mocking the intelligence of many citizens regardless of whether they are against or in favour of it.

3. But whereas civil union, I see civil union as essentially the same thing except not under a religion and that state has a right to recognize a civil union.

4. In a narrow sense, the civil union system contains the legislation for both unmarried cohabitation without sex differentiating and helpmate of the same sex.

5. The two had had a civil union for years and changed this into a marriage under the new law,() which was approved by parliament earlier this month.

6. Hanson and Wilson, who were joined in a civil union in October 2007, know another couple who mixed sperm when making their babies.

7. Several other states offer some form of domestic partnership or civil union to same-sex couples.

8. The whole system design is based on the reference, filtration and elicitation of related foreign civil union system and is combined with the society and legal actuality of our country.

9. Two years ago it also formed a committee to make recommendations on legislation governing same-sex marriage or civil union.

10. Instead, give gay and straight couples alike the same license, a certificate confirming them as a family, and call it a civil union — anything, really, other than marriage.

11. Prenuptial agreements, not unusual in the West, are legal contracts signed before two people enter civil union, and include details of property division.

12. In June 2010, when Iceland legalized gay marriage, Sigurdardottir tied the knot with her long-term partner, with whom she had entered a civil union seven years earlier.

13. The debate was at times heated with Socialists attacking as discriminatory a counter-proposal from the centre-right Social Democrats for a new civil union for same-sex couples.

14. On Thursday, Facebook introduced its latest update to the social network's relationship options, which now include "in a civil union" and "in a domestic partnership."

15. Were they married or lived together or had a civil union?

16. Francis and McLarty didn't participate in a traditional wedding; instead they choose to have a civil union.

17. I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage .

18. Student: My point was that I don't think a civil union would be a satisfactory solution.

19. Unmarried cohabitation has been under the adjustment of legislations, among which, the most important production is the civil union legislation.