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Civil unions in the Czech Republic

Legal recognition of
same-sex relationships
Same-sex marriage

Belgium
Canada
Netherlands

South Africa
Spain

Recognized in some regions
United States(MA)
International recognition
Israel
United States(NY)
Civil unions and
domestic partnerships

Andorra
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Luxembourg

New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Uruguay (from 1 Nov 07)

Recognized in some regions

Argentina (C, R)
Australia (TAS, VIC from 1 Dec 07)
Brazil (RS)
Mexico (CO, DF)
United States (CA, CT, DC, HI, ME, NJ, VT, WA; NH, OR from 1 Jan 08)

Unregistered co-habitation

Australia
Austria
Colombia

Croatia
Hungary
Israel

Recognition debated

Austria
Australia
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Estonia
Ecuador
Greece

Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Taiwan
United States
   (IL, MD, NY, RI)

Civil unions legal,
same-sex marriage debated

France
New Zealand
Norway

Portugal
Sweden
United Kingdom

United States (CA, CT, ME, NJ, VT, WA)

See also

Same-sex marriage
Civil union
Registered partnership
Domestic partnership
Timeline of same-sex marriage
Listings by country

The Czech Republic grants unregistered cohabitation status to "persons living in a common household" that gives couples inheritance and succession rights in housing, and also offers registered partnerships for same-sex couples. Registered partnerships grant several rights of marriage, including, inheritance, hospital, spousal privilege, and alimony rights, but do not allow adoption, widow's pension, or joint property rights. The registered partnership law was passed in March 2006 and went into effect on July 1, 2006. [1]

History

There had been several attempts to allow same-sex civil partnerships. In 1995, the government put forth a bill to update the civil code on family law to allow Danish-style registered partnerships, but the bill died by the end of the year. In 1997, a similar bill reached the chamber, but failed by two votes. In 1999, the chamber voted against another bill.

On 11 February, 2005, another bill failed by one vote. It was backed by 82 out of the 165 deputies present - most voting Social Democrats, Communists, the Freedom Union members and some deputies for the opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS).

In April 2005, a new partnership bill passed its first reading in the chamber with 82 votes for and 9 against. On 16 December 2005, it passed its third reading with 86 votes for, 54 against, and 7 MPs not voting. On 26 January 2006, it was passed by the Senate (65 for, 14 against).

On February 16, 2006, President Vaclav Klaus vetoed the bill. In response, the Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek said that he would seek a parliamentary majority (101 votes) in the lower chamber to override the veto and did so successfully on March 15, 2006 with the exact number of votes needed (101) out of 177 votes casted. The bill became one of topics where political parties tried to position themselves before the June election. Opinion polls suggest that over 60 percent of Czechs support same-sex marriage or civil unions.

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