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Civil union - A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing same-sex couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married opposite-sex peoples (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by opposite-sex couples who do not prefer to enter into the legal institution of marriage but who would rather ...
Shim-pua marriage - Shim-pua marriage (Taiwanese: sin-pū-á, sim-pū-á) was a Taiwanese tradition of arranged marriage, where a poor family (burdened by too many children) would sell a young daughter to a richer family for labour, and in exchange, the poorer family would be married into the richer family, through the daughter. The girl acted both as ...
Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States - According to the United States' Government Accountability Office, there are slightly over one thousand federal laws that treat married people differently from single people. It should be noted that these rights and responsibilities only apply to opposite-sex married couples, as the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) barred same-sex married couples from receiving any federal benefits.
Same-sex marriage - Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. It is also called gender-neutral marriage, equal marriage, and gay marriage (favored by proponents, along with just marriage), and homosexual marriage (sometimes favored by opponents).
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