Sentences with phrase «recognise civil partnerships»

To recognise civil partnerships is not, in any way, to denigrate or downgrade marriage.

Absolutely nobody is taking about requiring churches to recognise civil partnerships against their will.

The judge ruled that the couples are not being unlawfully discriminated against by the state only recognising civil partnerships.

LEGISLATION to recognise the civil partnership of same - sex couples passed all stages in the Dáil last night.

You must be married to or in a recognised civil partnership * with the Irish citizen for at least 3 years

Not exact matches

As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendment.

We will use our relationships with other countries to push for unequivocal support for gay rights and for UK civil partnerships to be recognised internationally.»

It seeks to recognise that civil partnerships are not necessarily the best legal framework after all.

Same - sex marriages performed in Great Britain and across the world are recognised as civil partnerships in Northern Ireland.

Civil partnerships enable these Christian virtues to be recognised socially and legally in a proper framework.»

In order to have a ceremony that is recognised legally as a civil partnership you would have to marry in the UK and then have a commitment ceremony (blessing) in Cyrpus.

An essential quality of marriage or civil partnership was that it was a publicly recognised, legally effective relationship which brought with it both rights and obligations.

The House of Lords recognised that the issue in this case was a matter of general public interest and Lord Hope noted that the problem «has become an increasingly pressing social problem, as house prices rise and more and more people are living together without getting married or entering into a civil partnership».

The GC held civil partnership (CP) distinguishable as a publicly recognised, legally effective relationship entailing both rights and obligations — language that could describe any contract.

They are a state - recognised status for same sex couples, and the rights and responsibilities arising from a civil partnership are virtually identical to those of marriage, especially in terms of tax, and in terms of available remedies if the civil partnership breaks down.

Generally, foreign civil partnerships are recognised in England and Wales, subject to various criteria being satisfied.

A partnership registered from 16 May 2016 onwards will not be recognised as a civil partnership in Ireland.

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Like other same - sex couples with a previous foreign civil marriage or partnership, their union became recognised under Irish law since last Thursday.

You must have a civil partnership that is legally recognised in the UK and have a permanent home in England or Wales in order to end or dissolve the civil partnership.

GLENN CUNNINGHAM and Adriano Vilar have become the first gay couple in the State to have their civil partnership formally recognised by the State.

The Minister for Justice and Equality made orders recognising as civil partnerships classes of legal relationships which were registered in other countries and which met certain criteria.

These figures do not account for the many more hundreds of Irish citizens who were married or entered a civil partnership abroad whose marriages and civil partnerships are automatically recognised in Ireland as Civil Partnerscivil partnership abroad whose marriages and civil partnerships are automatically recognised in Ireland as Civil Partnerscivil partnerships are automatically recognised in Ireland as Civil Ppartnerships are automatically recognised in Ireland as Civil PartnersCivil PartnershipsPartnerships.

He added that the figures did not take into account those who entered a civil partnership or civil marriage abroad whose status is automatically recognised in Ireland.

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The pressure to bring forward recognition of civil partnerships was contributed to by a groundbreaking case taken by a lesbian couple's challenge to the Revenue Commissioners» refusal to recognise them as a married couple for tax purposes.

A same - sex couple who enter a registered partnership by 15 May 2016 in another jurisdiction will be recognised as civil partners in Ireland.

The Minister also signed orders which will automatically recognise a wide range of foreign same - sex civil marriages and same - sex civil partnerships as Irish civil partnerships.

For the purpose of this grant, the terms «surviving civil partner» includes parties to a civil partnership that has been dissolved, provided that the dissolution is recognised as valid in this State.

However, a person who is divorced from his / her spouse or their civil partnership has been dissolved prior to death of spouse / civil partner, being a divorce or dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State, and had not remarried or entered into another spouse / civil partnership will qualify as a widow / er / surviving civil partner provided all other qualifying conditions are satisfied.

A claim can not be awarded without evidence that a person is the legal widow, widower or surviving civil partner or would have been but for the fact that they were divorced or the civil partnership was dissolved and the divorce or dissolution is recognised as valid in the State.