He married Cowles in a civil union in 2006.

他于2006年与考尔斯以公民结合的形式结婚。

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Were they married or lived together or had a civil union?

她们是已婚或同居，或者是民事联合？

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The two had had a civil union for years and changed this into a marriage under the new law, which was approved by parliament earlier this month.

根据新的法律，两人在多年的“民事结合”后，终于步入婚姻。这项新的法律本月初由国会批准。

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He had been a teacher, a college president, and a general in the Union army during the Civil War.

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Benjamin was a lawyer. He had been a General in the Union Army during America's Civil War of the eighteen sixties.

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He says he and his partner got a civil union in Vermont because the rights were too important to pass up.

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The couple were joined in a civil union in Vermont in 2000, shortly after the state passed the nation's first civil-union law.

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If civil unions would be equal to marriage, you would have to ask if Vermonters would trade their marriage for a civil union.

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