Concept information
Preferred term
civil unions
Definition
- A civil union is a legally and socially recognized union between partners of the same sex. As a socio-legal institution, civil unions were created to provide same-sex couples with many of the rights, benefits, and privileges typically associated with opposite-sex civil marriage. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Civil Unions]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/civil_unions
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