A heterosexual couple was refused a civil partnership at London's Camden Register Office on Dec. 8. The registrar cited the legal ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships as the reason for the refusal.

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A new initiative drive seeks to provide gay Arizonans, denied the right to marry, an alternate option. The proposal filed Tuesday with the Secretary of State’s Office would create “civil partnerships.