... marriage; yet on the other hand, civil partnership was intended to be a separate association from marriage.2 Development of same-sex relationships becoming increasingly recognised in English law Due to our ever changing, multicultural and pluralistic society, there are several points of which the position of English law has increasingly begun to recognise and accept same-sex relationships. Examining the quotation in the question, it can be seen that "Parliament has taken steps by enacting the CPA to accord to same-sex relationships [for] ... homosexuals who wish to join stable long-term relationships"3. Munby J. states that "some children are brought up by two parents of the same sex ... The fact is that many adults and children, whether through choice or circumstance, live in families more or less removed from what until comparatively recently would have been regarded as the typical nuclear family"4. Therefore, it is understandable why English law has had to shape ...

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