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- noun Attributive form of
civil marriage
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Examples
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The question is absurd — gays are defined as not straight, right? — yet increasingly central to the debate over civil-marriage rights.
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The question is absurd — gays are defined as not straight, right? — yet increasingly central to the debate over civil-marriage rights.
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We must also demand of politicians that they explain their attitudes toward various rights and legislative issues, including whether a proposed civil-marriage law will apply to same-sex couples.
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He has consistently alientated the ultra-Orthodox -- an essential building block of any right-wing dream coalition -- by demanding civil-marriage and modified Jewish conversion legislation favored by Lieberman's ultra-secular constituency.
Bradley Burston: Sure the Israeli Right Won? Peace Lost? Look Closer 2009
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Don't get me wrong: I think the church needs to be thinking about this prospect, but tomorrow's vote could be more successful if the church could keep its eyes on the task at hand — which is specific to Massachusetts and to the civil-marriage statutes.
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The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and other denominations have spoken in support of civil-marriage equality.
Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004
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The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and other denominations have spoken in support of civil-marriage equality.
Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004
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Don't get me wrong: I think the church needs to be thinking about this prospect, but tomorrow's vote could be more successful if the church could keep its eyes on the task at hand — which is specific to Massachusetts and to the civil-marriage statutes.
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Because the bill approved by the Senate differentiates between a civil-marriage and a religious-marriage license, language earlier rejected by the House, the two versions of the bill must be reconciled.
unknown title 2009
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Maybe he should have said that before the vote that removed the civil-marriage rights of same-sex couples.
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