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From: Ian Goddard <>
Subject: Re: Beyond GEDCOM
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:24:39 +0100
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Peter J Seymour wrote:

> Just one quibble: In the UK "same-sex marraige" is called a "civil
> union" which avoids the inappropriate use of the word marriage.
> "Marriage" in this context may be defined as a male-female partnership
> regulating the ownership of property and also usually involving the
> begetting and raising of children. A same-sex partnership simply can't
> do the latter part. It may have relevance to genealogy, but it is on a
> lesser scale of importance than marriage.
>
> Peter

It will be important in those cases where the partners can adopt children as
is now allowed in UK law.

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