Other states, like California, have similar benefits for domestic partnership.

The state of California first offered domestic partnerships in 2000.

The couple is still living together today, and they entered into a domestic partnership under California law in 2004.

A Domestic partnership is a contract between two people who live together.

If domestic partnership were a civil right, there would be no need for an additional law.

This procedure is available when the domestic partnership has not been in force for more than five years.

Texas also does not offer civil unions or domestic partnerships.

How domestic partnership will be verified has not been decided yet.

Those who support traditional marriage say domestic partnerships would undermine it.

Civil unions and domestic partnerships are not the same as marriage.