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If applied to a homosexual couple, it means the state they live in recognizes them as a couple legally joined together in the same way heterosexual married couples are. They are afforded all the same marriage rights at the state level that heterosexual couples are given but they are not given the rights that the federal government provides to married couples.

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A civil union is a legally recognized union similar to marriage.

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Civil Union.I think it means a defacto relationship or common law marriage."Shacked up" in other words.

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Don't bother! I just caught up with Colleens post.Thankyou.

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