Yes, civil unions grant all the same rights & privileges as marriages. The problem with that is that it varies from state to state. So if you get your civil union in Vermont, but then your job transfers you to Texas, your union is completely invalid when you get there.
The other problem is that telling people what they can and can't call it is illegal in America. The only time you can take legal action against someone for calling something "X" is if calling it "X" violates a trademark, or if calling it "X" constitutes fraud. Since CU's and marriages are functionally identical, calling one the other wouldn't constitute fraud.
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Yes, civil unions grant all the same rights & privileges as marriages. The problem with that is that it varies from state to state. So if you get your civil union in Vermont, but then your job transfers you to Texas, your union is completely invalid when you get there.
The other problem is that telling people what they can and can't call it is illegal in America. The only time you can take legal action against someone for calling something "X" is if calling it "X" violates a trademark, or if calling it "X" constitutes fraud. Since CU's and marriages are functionally identical, calling one the other wouldn't constitute fraud.
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