Ireland’s gay civil partnership recognized in law-First civil ceremony will take place in April 2011

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Source: Irish Central

Ireland will have its first official same sex partnership relationship recognized in April 2011, the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has announced.

The new law allowing gay couples a range of rights comes into effect on 1 January 2011, but it will be three months before the first ceremony is enacted.

It will give the civil partners rights over shared homes, maintenance payments and pensions.

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"Gay couples, whose relationships have not previously been given legal recognition by the State, may now formalise their relationships in the eyes of the law and society at large," he said.

Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irelands-gay-civil-partnership-recognized-in-law-112466934.html

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1. ok -- first -- yay! and congratulations! but --

this is the perfect example of how neolibs can certainly be for social justice issues while imposing severe auterity
that moves capital out of the hands of the masses and to the rich.