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20 years on: UK's first civil partnership
On 5th December 2005, the law changed to allow civil partnerships in the UK offering same-sex couples, rights very similar to those in a traditional civil marriage.
On that day Chris Cramp and Matthew Roche made history together.
Photo: Chris Cramp
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