Collin Pelfrey: In the UK, Civil Unions are held outside of the church. Both gays and non gays join in this way. Marriages are held in religious institutions. But whether a couple has had a civil union or marriage, there are no legal differences between the two.
Michal Semple: to my mind it is the same thing by different names. yes, to answer your question it is legal in the uk. and we can have blessings as religious unions.why be so particular about the terminology? christ advocated love, didn't he? so, the legal union between two members of the same gender ie a civil partnership is as valid as anything else regarded as marriage between any two people who love each other and want to make sure their spouse is cared for if one of them dies....Show more
Luther Plagmann: Maybe the UK system (as described by Old Gay Guy) is the direction we in the US should go.
Coleman Deliberato: Yes it is as far as I am aware
Giovanna Sherlin: Yes ma'am it is ^! _^
Torri Tippey: No, gay marriage isn't legal in the united kingdom per se yet civil unions are and that they are meant to have all an analogous legal rights.. different than the be conscious marriage. Booo for civil unions. Yay for marriage :)
Doreatha Kjellsen: I'm not too sure I have to admit...I always thought it was a civil union but it had the same rights as marriage? Now you have me wondering if theres still some rights we don't get...I think I'll look it up. Will update if I find anything interesting.Update: Heres an article from about 4 years ago when it first came into effect, explaining that it will be a civil union (not marriage) but it has pretty much the same rights as marriage and the same process of divorce too. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/mar/28/gay......Show more
Blythe Noreiga: No - marriage between two people of the same sex is not legal in the UK. However civil unions provide nearly all the same rights and privileges that! marriages do.
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