"Civil partnerships".London -- The United Kingdom has recently followed the folly folly In architecture, an eccentric, generally nonfunctional (and often deliberately unfinished) structure erected to enhance a romantic landscape. Follies were particularly in vogue in England in the 18th and early 19th century. of Canada, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Using staggered dates between December 5 to 21, the British government introduced "civil partnerships" for male and female homosexuals. The new law allows them to benefit from the same financial advantages, e.g. tax breaks and pensions, as ordinary married couples have. Ceremonies are to be conducted in registry offices registry office Noun Brit & NZ same as register office registry office n (BRIT) → registro civil; to get married in a registry office → . Pop singer Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. was among the first of over 500 people couples to line up for the privilege. Canadian dailies and TV gave the event front page coverage. So far, Britain denies homosexuals access to the word "marriage;" the new law buys the government some time before the homosexual homosexual /ho·mo·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al) 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the same sex. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. lobby moves to the next step. |
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