Brits have got it right

Elton John got married this week. And the UK did things pretty well as far as I can tell with their civil unions.

Civil union ceremonies are seen as a watershed in the struggle for gay rights in the UK.

The partnerships are not a "marriage" in the religious sense, but give gay and lesbian couples the same legal benefits and responsibilities as heterosexuals who wed in a register office.
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There are still some distinctions between their civil unions and marriage, such as not having the same title.

It gives gay couples the same property and inheritance rights as married heterosexuals and entitles them to the same pension, immigration and tax benefits. But unlike in Belgium, Spain and Canada it is not a marriage.

The procedure is an exclusively civil one in Britain, with the partners merely signing documents, whereas a marriage becomes binding when partners exchange spoken words in a civil or religious ceremony.
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Now, heterosexual marriages from any country are recognized in all other countries. What about homosexual marriages and unions? My guess is that other countries (and US states?) will recognize them as their equivalents under their own laws. I wonder, if someone was married polygamously in another country and then came to the US, how our laws would handle it. Would we prosecute them for polygamy? Would we presume only the first, or one of the person's choice counts? Could the person get divorced from the other spouses?

BBC Quiz 3

Photo-themed quiz. I got 7/12, "blurred."