Rio de Janeiro State Government has already celebrated three same-sex civil union partnership collective cerimonies
Rio de Janeiro State Government celebrates the third collective ceremony of same-sex civil union partnerships by Sergio Viula According to the State Secretary, the event gathered about 100 couples and became the biggest same-sex civil union partnership in the world. Although, 10 states of Brazil do register same-sex marriage without the need of a civil union being registered first place, Rio de Janeiro hasn’t been able to overcome the resistance of some conservative state representatives yet. Since the first celebration of same-sex union partnerships promoted by the Secretary of Social Assistance and Human Rights, the State Government has helped make statistics, which also puts some pressure on the Legislative Assembly to guarantee the same rights to all the State citizens as other states have already done. Civil union partnerships have been officially recognized by the Supreme Court, partly because of a request sent by Rio de Janeiro Governor, Mr. Sergio Cabral, who solic...