Civil marriage is marriage performed by a government official and not a religious organisation.
Other articles related to "civil marriage, marriages, marriage, civil":
... In 1951 the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that marriages entered into outside Israel conducted by a rabbinical court in accordance with halakha must be recognized in ... court involved a couple who were not residents or citizens of Israel at the time of their marriage ... or both of the couple were residents or citizens of Israel, nor with a civil marriage abroad ...
... C-38, she stated that the position of the Conservative party is reasonable—enshrining marriage as between a man and a woman, and creating civil unions for other relationships ... BC March 24, 2005 While in 2nd reading debate, he said that "marriage is not an absolute right either ... this time focusing more on the legal aspects of marriage ...
... those who marry according to Jewish religious standards and those who marry in a civil marriage ... the status quo agreement consider the system to be contrary to people's civil rights ... Although most of the debate relating to civil marriage in Israel is conducted in the Jewish community, the issue has the same implications for all other recognised religious communities in Israel ...
... Further information Maryland Question 6 The Civil Marriage Protection Act was reintroduced to the General Assembly on January 23, 2012 ... refuse to officiate or provide facilities for a same-sex marriage or couple as a matter of their doctrine ... The language of Referendum Question 6 informed voters that the Civil Marriage Protection Act would allow same-sex couples to obtain a civil marriage license, protect clergy from having to perform any ...
... Main article Same-sex marriage See also Civil union and Domestic partnership As of June 15th, 2012, there were 11 countries that permitted same-sex marriages (Argentina, Belgium, Canada ... in the United States and Israel recognize same-sex marriages but do not allow such marriages to be performed within their borders ... a same-sex couple can be legally partnered in a civil union or registered partnership ...
Famous quotes containing the words marriage and/or civil:
“Men commonly couple with their idea of marriage a slight degree at least of sensuality; but every lover, the world over, believes in its inconceivable purity.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“...I was confronted with a virile idealism, an awareness of what man must have for manliness, dignity, and inner liberty which, by contrast, made me see how easy living had made my own group into childishly unthinking people. The Negro’s struggles and despairs have been like fertilizer in the fields of his humanity, while we, like protected children with all our basic needs supplied, have given our attention to superficialities.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 1, ch. 19 (1962)