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Registered partnership is one of several terms synonymous with a civil union or civil partnership similar to marriage, typically created in order to provide same-sex couples the legal and social benefits of traditional marriage and thus could be described as quasi marriages. The term is used in the Scandinavian countries, The Netherlands and Switzerland. The same concept under slight different terminology can also be found in Germany and the United Kingdom. Denmark was the first country in the world to offer registered partnerships to same-sex couples, beginning on June 7, 1989. The first union created under this new law took place on October 1, 1989 between Axel and Eigil Axgil. Registered partnerships in these countries are nearly equal to marriage, with the exception of the right to adopt and to marry in a church. In Sweden, however, same-sex couples were given the right to adopt children in 2002. Iceland will legalize adoption as well by the end of 2006. Norway allows adoption of a registered partner's children only. The main argument against registered partnership is that it creates a situation of separate but equal, called "marriage apartheid" by some. Others claim that these partnerships allow same-sex marriage by another name. It is expected that same-sex couples in Scandinavia, Iceland, and Finland will soon be granted the right to marry, perhaps as early as 2007 in Sweden.[1] In other places, registered partnerships have been instituted by municipalities in recognition of same-sex relationships. These partnerships are often merely nominal, conferring few actual benefits or obligations. See also
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