'Spouse or Life Partner': Ministry Wants to Enshrine Gay Rights in Law

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Germany has had civil unions for gay and lesbian couples for over a decade, but many laws only refer to heterosexual marriage. Now the Justice Ministry wants to rewrite dozens of laws to expressly include same-sex couples. The move is likely to encounter resistance from the governing conservatives.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...851502,00.html