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Denmark was the first country in the world to introduce a marriage-like institution open to same-sex partners when the Act on Registered Partnership was passed in 1989. The Act provided a civil registration scheme; the registered partnership. The registered partnership only copies the legal institute of marriage. It is not the same. The legal regulation was almost identical with two important exceptions: 1) In the first place, all religious aspects of registered partnership were removed from the Act, and it was not discussed in parliament how the registration would take place. Later, an administrative decision was made to use the common civil marriage ceremony. Thus only civil registration is possible whereas marriage may be alternatively entered into civilly or in a religious ceremony. 2) Secondly, the regulation with respect to children (parentage, parental authority and adoption) was originally not extended to apply to partners in a registered partnership. This has been altered recently. The main stated purpose of the Act on registered partnership was to equalize the social status of same-sex partners. Having this purpose in mind, the Act may be characterized as liberal and idealistic in nature. While the Danish regulation has been amended since the introduction in 1989, Danish law has not stayed in the lead internationally with respect to achieving equality for same-sex partners. Marriage remains open only to opposite sex partners.
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