Every couple in England and Wales will in future be able to choose between a civil partnership and marriage when they formalise their relationship, the prime minister has announced. Ending months of uncertainty following defeat in the supreme court , the government has agreed to extend civil partnerships — available to same-sex couples since — to everyone.
Report a mispronounced word. I see that the Supreme Court has ruled that heterosexual couples can now enter into civil partnerships.
Heterosexual couples in England and Wales will be able to choose a civil partnership over getting married. Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a change to the system, which currently leaves the option open only to same-sex couples.
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Straight people could now be able to have civil partnerships after a landmark ruling in the Supreme Court. Rebecca Steinfeld, 37, and Charles Keidan, 41, are not allowed to have a legal civil partnership union because the Civil Partnership Act says only same-sex couples are eligible.
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