Sentences with phrase «only civil marriages»

Parisian weddings are typically multiple - day affairs, probably in part because only civil marriages are legally binding in France.

Soon afterwards, it was declared that only civil marriages would be legally recognized.

Not exact matches

He has stated that the government (as in some European nations) should only grant civil unions (to gay * and * straight couples) and that marriage should be left up to the churches.

In redefining marriage and the family, the state not only embarks on an unprecedented expansion of its powers into realms heretofore considered prior to or outside its reach, and not only does it usurp functions and prerogatives once performed by intermediary associations within civil society, it also exercises these powers by tacitly redefining what the human being is and committing the nation to a decidedly post-Christian (and ultimately post-human) anthropology and philosophy of nature.

That should be the only way these unions are eligible for the rights and protections provided to civil marriages.

When the constitution of 1917 was drafted, therefore, «Catholic» representation was nonexistent, and the resulting document not only repeated earlier material restrictions on the Church (such as government ownership of all church property, civil registry of priests, and making marriage a civil matter) but also got in a symbolic lick or two (for example, religious garb was not to be worn in public; worship was to be only an indoor affair; alien priests were forbidden; and no religious labels were allowed for political parties).

«When they began this process with the consultation it was for civil marriage only — and wasn't going to have any religious input at all.

That aside, I would fully support a separation of civil unions from church marriage, but only if it applied equally to all.

HINT - marriage in teh US is NOT religious - it is civil - its only religious if you wwant it to be

Civil marriage is a civil right only if it involves one man and one wCivil marriage is a civil right only if it involves one man and one wcivil right only if it involves one man and one woman.

Proposition 8 deals only with marriage and would allow for civil unions.)

(A) kin to a public marriage contract, we need an official «co-parenting agreement» and associated civil status, which not only enshrines the rights and responsibilities of each parent in respect of their children, but also sets out the principles by which they relate to one another and make decisions.

/ speculation As this vote only affected civil weddings, a Muslim could still believe that Muslims should only marry people of the opposite gender in a Muslim wedding, while voting in favour of marriage equality for secular weddings.

The consultation will only cover civil marriage for same sex couples and not religious marriage.

However, unlike in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Canada, gay couples in Britain will not hold the legal title of marriage, and only sign exclusively civil documents, rather than exchange spoken words in a civil or religious ceremony.

I would only add that — always assuming that Morrigan is being serious rather than childishly tiresome — his / her position would seem to lead to the State refusing to recognise any religious marriage — I believe this is the case in France, where a civil ceremony is also required.

A tireless civil rights advocate, he was one of only 67 with the gumption to vote no when the Defense of Marriage Act came up in 1996 — versus 342 who embraced the anti-gay measure.

Their first meeting, and interactions with Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark 2013 civil rights case in which the Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of «marriage» and «spouse» can apply only to opposite - sex unions was unconstitutional.

Ben Summerskill of gay rights group Stonewall pointed out that gay marriages were only being sought for civil premises.

Eldridge is, of course, pro-gay marriage; Gibson supports only civil unions, claiming that marriage is a religious institution.

«I think it's unacceptable in this country that a woman should be coerced into not having a civil marriage, only a religious one.

It appeared to be a departure from his stance of supporting civil unions only but not same - sex marriage.

Research suggests that gay couples who marry or join in civil unions will stay together longer than those who don't, but marriage isn't the only way to create relationship stability and longevity, Garanzini said.

There he finds that no only is there life on the red planet, but that it involves arranged marriages, Ciaran Hinds wearing a breast plate and — you guessed it — civil war.

The only requirement for a legal marriage in Aruba is a simple civil ceremony at Aruba's Town Hall.

Only a subsequent divorce means the break - up of the marriage or the end of the civil effects, and a change in the status.

However, in Wilkinson v Kitzinger [2006] All ER (D) 210 (Apr) the President of the Family Division, Sir Mark Potter, distinguished between marriage and civil partnership on the basis that the former must be between a man and a woman as provided for in the MCA 1973, legislation which was originally debated in the late 1960s at a time when homosexuality had only been legalised by the Sexual Offences Act 1967.

Only hetereosexual married couples are granted certain benefits and protections that civil unions and same sex marriages aren't granted.

The overarching theme behind the changes put forward for consideration by the Commission is the enablement of parties to a marriage or civil partnership to be treated as responsible adults, who can, not only determine how and when their marriage is to end, but also agree in advance, subject to certain safeguards, the financial provision which will be made for them on divorce or dissolution of their relationship.

In Scotland, only what's called «matrimonial property», which broadly means assets owned or acquired during the marriage or civil partnership, is taken into account.

Fourth, the mediator helps keep the negotiations between the spouses civil and guides them to address each question that must be resolved to have a truly settled case that only needs a judge to dissolve the marriage, not to rule on the many questions that the spouses in mediation resolve between themselves on an out - of - court basis, on their terms which both can accept as fair.

In Scotland, only the pension that was built up during marriage or the civil partnership is taken into account.

Your pension must be valued on the «date of separation», and only the value that has built up during your marriage or civil partnership is taken into account.

If the marriage or civil partnership is short (typically, less than five years), it might not be paid at all or only for a short period through what's called a «term order».