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coupling policies  

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  • Over the last 25 years, numerous legal options have emerged in the United States for same-sex couples wishing to legitimize their intimate unions and for different-sex couples wishing to legitimize their unions in ways other than through contemporary legal marriage. This encyclopedia entry provides information on these options. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Coupling Policies]

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