A heterosexual couple was refused a civil partnership at London's Camden Register Office on Dec. 8. The registrar cited the legal ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships as the reason for the refusal.

"It was officially a civil partnership, but we classed it as our wedding, it meant so much on the day," says Chris Cramp. Chris, 57, was one half of the first same-sex couple to have a civil ...

Heterosexual couples across England and Wales are now able to enter into a civil partnership. A change in legislation means that mixed-sex couples can become civil partners as opposed to husband and ...

Sir Elton John and David Furnish have celebrated each other on the 20th anniversary of their civil partnership and their 11th wedding anniversary. The couple made history on December 21, 2005, as they ...

Ireland's new same-sex civil-partnership law took effect Jan. 1. Couples can unite before a registrar after giving three months' notice of their intention to tie the knot. Civil partners receive ...

In a move that Irish Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern described as “one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation to come before us since independence," the legislation to recognize in ...

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