A fair and equal legal structure for all families

Civil Partnerships were originally introduced as a half-way house towards allowing gay people to get married and, as such, were not made available to opposite-sex couples - although from the very beginning there were always some opposite sex couples who would have liked to be able to opt for that status.

Under David Cameron equal marriage became legally available and both opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples are now able to marry.

There are still some couples who want to put their relationship onto a legal basis but don't want to call it marriage and it is only fair that this option too should be available to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples.

The government is now bringing this into law, providing another option for those who want to put their family onto a legally-recognised basis.



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