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Civil partnerships: First mixed-sex couples celebrate union – Sky News, Sky.com

Civil partnerships: First mixed-sex couples celebrate union – Sky News, Sky.com


             

The first mixed-sex civil partnerships have taken place following a change to UK law, with the couple who had led the legal battle calling it a “unique, special and personal moment”.

Thousands of couples are expected to tie the knot on New Year’s Eve, a month after the legal change approved by Theresa May’s government came into effect.

  

Heterosexual couples will be able to enter into a mixed-sex union, but without becoming husband and wife.

      

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        Heterosexual couples can enter into a mixed-sex union without becoming husband and wife      

It is the earliest date the ceremonies could be held due to the 30 days’ notice required to register their intent for a civil partnership.

It means that heterosexual couples will be able to enter into a mixed-sex union, but without becoming husband and wife.

Civil partners have similar rights and entitlements as married couples, including marriage allowance tax relief, exemption from inheritance tax and joint parental responsibility for children.

It has been eligible for same-sex couples since 2018, allowing campaigners to successfully argue that denying a mixed-sex couple the same right was discrimination.

A couple who led the change – Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan – signed their civil partnership registration at Kensington and Chelsea Register Office at 31 am.

Speaking after the ceremony, Ms Steinfeld, 43, told reporters: “Today, as one decade ends and another dawns, we become civil partners in law.

“Our personal wish to form a civil partnership was rooted in our desire to formalize our relationship in a more modern way, focus on equality, and mutual respect.

“So today is a unique, special and personal moment for us, a moment that we’ve been able to affirm our love and commitment to one another in the company of our beautiful children, Eden and Ariel, and close friends.

“And have that love and commitment given legal recognition in a way that best correspond who we are, what we love and the life we ​​value.”

  

Their win followed a hard-fought legal-battle

      

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        The win followed a five-year legal-battle      

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