According to dictionary.com, a civil union relationship means that a relationship between a same-sex couple that is legally recognized by a state authority and has the rights and responsibilities of a married couple. So basically, it is a legal same-sex, or gay, marriage.
A civil partner is a partner in a civil union or in a civil partnership. Such partners typically have the same rights and responsibilities as legal spouses, but there relationship is not legally called a marriage.
When you indicate that you are in a civil union with another Facebook member, you are saying that you have been joined in civil union with that person. "Civil Union" is a term that some states (HI, IL, NJ, DE) use to describe a legally recognized relationship between to members of the same gender that is identical to marriage, but not called "marriage." Instead, it is called "civil union."
The people may of just chosen to put a civil union relationship on Facebook even if they don't live together.
The North won the civil war, which meant that the South had to rejoin the union and free their slaves.
Marriage is a type of legal union. Depending upon the laws of your jurisdiction, other types of legal union may include "civil union," "domestic partnership," "civil partnership," or "designated beneficiary relationship."
If you mean The Union in the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln lead the Union. If you mean who led A Union, President Ronald Regan was, at one time a union president.
Yes and no: yes, if your civil union and marriage are both to the same person; no if they are to different people and both are recognized in your state. If you are in a state where your civil union is not recognized and you are married to a different person (presumably one of the opposite sex), then your civil union does not legally exist, only your marriage does.
No, it is a lesser category of formalised relationship - a sort of second-class marriage.
The union, which is the north. the south were gray.
Bad in the Confederacy but not bad in the Union. In fact, the Union liberated many blacks and used black soldiers.
As of 2014, Nevada is the only state that offers opposite-sex civil unions (locally called "domestic partnerships").
A domestic relationship typically refers to a relationship involving cohabitating partners who are romantically or intimately involved. It implies sharing a home, responsibilities, and a level of emotional and physical intimacy.