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British media reported Sunday the government is preparing to erase some of the last remaining distinctions between gay partnership and traditional marriage — allowing gay couples to tie the knot in churches in ceremonies that may be officially known as marriages. Britain's Home Office declined comment on the reports, but indicated that an announcement would be made soon. Marriage and civil partnership are already virtually identical under British law, but because same sex unions are carried out by government registrars, the ceremony must take place in a public building and religious references are banned. Some activists also argue that the different titles — "marriage" versus "civil partnership" — means that there's still a subtle stigma attached to same sex relationships, and a group is now pressing the case to make civil partnership and marriage available to all couples. Unsourced reports in the BBC and British newspapers said the government's equalities minister Lynne Featherstone was preparing to propose a move which would allow gay couples to get hitched in religious ceremonies and at religious venues. Many reports raised the possibility that such ceremonies would be officially known as marriages. Britain's civil partnership law, introduced in , already gives gay couples the same legal protection, adoption and inheritance rights as heterosexual married partners.
Zelensky opens door to same-sex civil partnerships in Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has opened the door to legalizing same-sex civil partnerships in the country, in response to a petition that called for equal marriage to be introduced in the war-ravaged nation. In a written reply online, Zelensky explained that it would be impossible to legalize same-sex marriages while the country remained at war, because it would require a change to the constitution. A family consists of persons who live together, are connected by common life, have mutual rights and obligations.