Civil partnerships
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Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan launch judicial review after trying to hold ceremony at town hall and being turned away
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Amanda Palmer: I would counter the epidemic of human encounterlessness with cuddle centres for those who never get a proper hug
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With the UK government set to look afresh at calls to criminalise ‘coercive control’ by partners, Karen McVeigh talks to a victim and those hoping to help more like her come forward
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Couples start petition calling for minister to rethink way in which civil partnerships are converted into marriages
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Letters: Yet again, the choice of a civil partnership will not be extended to opposite-sex couples
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People in in civil partnerships in England and Wales will be able to convert them into gay marriages from early December. We look at how many people have entered into the arrangement and how they have changed
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Married transgender people will also be able to change legal gender without ending marriage, provided partner agrees
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Holly Baxter: David Cameron, don't veto my right to a more equal union than marriage, which is saturated in sexist trappings and traditions
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Champagne as clock strikes and pair's 11 years of unrecognised status ends with gay marriage now legal in England and Wales
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Having avoided marriage for 19 years and being barred from civil partnership, the poet tells how she and her partner finally exchanged vows, complete with tears and Tesco bubbly. Plus To My Husband, a previously unpublished poem by Wendy Cope
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Tory support among gay people has increased since David Cameron backed same-sex marriage, says Pinknews.co.uk poll
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As the foil to husband Elton John's famous tantrums, David Furnish was always the quiet one. But his Aids campaigning has given him a new voice. He talks to Decca Aitkenhead about married life, fathering children and why everyone should get an HIV test
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Number of civil partnerships formed rises by 3.6% year on year to 7,037, according to Office for National Statistics
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There were 5,206 adoptions in 2012, up from 4,740 in 2011 – but there are concerns that long-term trends continue
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The Church of England is in crisis. Its position on women bishops and gay marriage has alienated much of society. Robert McCrum visits its parishes and asks if the future lies with those it has spurned
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Downing Street has said amendment to gay marriage bill could cost £4bn, but Labour and others have questioned figure
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Simon Hoggart: Leading Tory MPs is far harder than herding a sackful of kittens
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Heterosexual civil partnerships are on the cards for the UK, thanks to a tabled amendment to government plans on gay marriage. Is there any evidence as to how many people want them?
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Deputy PM ups stakes hours before MPs vote as Maria Miller warns Tories against 'wrecking' amendment on heterosexual civil partnerships
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The government says it will cost up to £4bn to permit straight couples to civilly partner. Is that true?
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MPs are voting on amendments to the gay marriage bill including a proposal to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples. The government has hinted this could derail the law entirely. Do you think partnerships should be an option for everyone?
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Spoiling tactics claim follows call for heterosexuals to be granted the same civil partnership rights as same sex couples
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Equalities minister tells parliamentary committee such a move should not be included in same sex marriage legislation
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The Guardian's Adam Gabbatt speaks to pro- and anti-gay marriage supporters camping outside the supreme court ahead of the justices' historic hearings on same-sex marriage
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My relationship with my mother has been strained since I came out, and she has said unpleasant things about me and my partner to others. But I still feel I should ask her to come
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From tax positions to property rights, there are more issues to consider than you may have imagined when tying the knot
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A national sample of 42 local councils shows that some are charging up to sixteen times more for civil partnership licences than marriage licences. Get the data by local council, region and largest political party
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A national sample of 42 local councils shows that some are charging up to sixteen times more for civil partnership licences than marriage licences. See the average cost by council
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Councils accused of discrimination over gulf in fees for partnership and marriage licences
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Giles Fraser, Polly Toynbee and Max Wind-Cowie join Hugh Muir to discuss the gay marriage bill in parliament; Michael Gove's GCSE u-turn; the Eastleigh byelection; and what makes a good political book
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Letters: We are concerned that the civil partnership will begin to be perceived by legislators as a noisome anomaly
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David Cameron tells traditionalist Tory MP he wants to 'promote marriage' and not weaken it
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The conversation: The modern family structure is in flux. Psychotherapist Philippa Perry discusses parenting, marriage and masturbation with Christian broadcaster Anne Atkins
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Clare Balding has always been a popular presenter; since the Olympics, she's positively beloved. She's broken the mould for women on TV, too, and still believes sport can change the world
Civil partnerships should be for everyone, no exceptions