Civil unions are now legal in Colorado.

同性婚姻(civil union)在科罗拉多州合法化。

Colorado is the latest state to approve civil unions.

科罗拉多州成为允许同性婚姻的州。

The Italian parliament voted in favour of civil unions for gay couples.

意大利议会投票支持同性婚姻合法。

Pope Francis has voiced support for civil union laws for homosexual couples.

教皇方济各发声支持同性伴侣的民事结合法律。

Twelve other states have laws that recognized civil unions or domestic partnership.

而12个其他州有法律承认了同性婚姻或家庭伴侣关系。

There are plenty of legal alternatives to getting married, like a domestic partnership, civil union or creating a will.

比如同居、民事结合（类似婚姻的民事状态）或双方仅私下建立结婚意愿。

He added: " What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered."

他还表示，“我们要制定一部民事结合法。这样他们就能得到法律保护。”

But he supported the idea of civil unions as one way to prevent the approval of same-sex marriage in Argentina.

但他支持民事结合的方式，认为这是阻止阿根廷同性婚姻获得批准的方式。

The Indian Supreme Court has declined to recognize same-sex marriage but made civil unions legal for lesbian and gay couples.

印度最高法院拒绝承认同性婚姻，但允许男女同性恋伴侣的民事结合合法。

Filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky told Catholic News Agency that the pope talked about civil union laws during an interview for the movie.

电影制作人叶夫根尼·阿菲涅夫斯基告诉天主教通讯社，教皇在接受纪录片采访时谈到了民事结合法。

Ms. Biancofiore who says she is opposed to same sex marriage but supports civil unions was hastily reassigned to another ministry.

米凯拉自称反对同性恋但支持公民联盟，她目前已被匆匆安排到别的部门。

Do you think the state should recognize same sex marriage or just same sex civil unions as something short of marriage?

你认为国家应该认可同性婚姻？还是略逊于婚姻的程度，同性伴侣关系？

Some people who object to gay marriage will accept civil unions.

一些反对同性婚姻的人会接受民事结合。

When the government proposed a much milder civil unions bill in 2007, it was killed by stiff opposition from Italian bishops and Catholic groups.

2007年，意大利政府曾提出过一份较温和的民事结合法案，但遭到意大利主教和天主教团体的强烈反对，因此未获通过。

Francis had previously endorsed civil unions when he was bishop of Buenos Aires. We will take a closer look at this after the news summary.

弗朗西斯曾在担任布宜诺斯艾利斯主教时支持民事结合。在新闻摘要之后，我们将对此进行更深入的研究。

Italy is the only nation in Western Europe that has not legalized same-sex marriage or civil unions, a status that's considered just short of marriage.

意大利是西欧唯一没有立法承认同性婚姻或民事结合的国家，民事结合被认为是未达到婚姻的一种状态。

" What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered, " Francis said. " I stood up for that" .

" 我们要创造的是一部民事结合法。让他们得到法律的保护，" 教皇说道，" 我对此表示支持。"

He's never mentioned the civil unions bill, but last Friday he said there can be no confusion between the family envisioned by God and any other type of union.

他从来没有提到过这份民事结合法案，但是上周五他表示，上帝设想的家庭和其他方式的结合可以没有冲突。

17 same sex couples signed Rome's first registry of civil unions that recognizes union laws and even a number of civil rights are expected, including tax reduction and health care.

17对同性恋夫妻签署了首个罗马同性恋婚姻和公民联姻，该法律承认联盟法，甚至有望赋予诸多民事权利，包括减税以及医疗保险。

California, for example, has civil unions; it gives gay couples all of the same legal benefits as being married, without the word " married" .

例如，加利福尼亚有民事结合；它为同性恋夫妇提供了与已婚一样的所有法律利益， 但没有“已婚” 一词。