Facebook Adds Civil Union, Domestic Partnership Relationship Statuses

by Susana Polo | 5:39 pm, February 17th, 2011

As of today, Facebook gives you two more ways to describe your “it’s complicated.” Perfectly timed with the passing today of Hawaii’s same-sex civil union law (soon to be signed into law by the state’s governor), Facebook users can now choose “in a civil union” and “in a domestic partnership” from the list of relationship statuses.

At least you can in the U.S., Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

It’s safe to say that most people on the correct side of the gay marriage argument would really rather that we lived in a society where it wasn’t necessary for anyone to say that they were in a domestic partnership or civil union when what they really wanted was to say they were married. But as most of us are aware, sometimes, when you say it on the internet hard enough, it comes true. We’re calling this a win.

Jack

Rather biased aren’t we?
Bart

Officially unsubscribed…
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And what are the two comments above me freaking out about?
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Well, this just shows that these kinds of relationship are accepted and people are now open about it.
Bain

Not that I disagree, but saying there is a “correct” side of an argument that so many people find highly controversial is just asking to piss people off and make them disregard the actual point you are trying to make.
Roacilynn3

Why add these? I am in a relationship, but I don’t see why it has to be labeled.
Tigrr

^
It’s more of a “f*** you” to the states who don’t legally recognize gay marriages.

A Beginner's Guide to Diablo III's Lore

Twelve years later, the third installment in the famous hack-and-slash franchise has finally released. Though the franchise is largely known for an inordinate amount of hacking and slashing, there's actually quite a bit of complex lore backing it up. Luckily for you, we have it summed up right here. Take a gander.

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Eric Limer "What do I do? Oh, I'm a herpderpetologist."
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Max Wanna count some snakes? http://t.co/bYbKwiTd
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Max My new Homealone-inspired art-rock band "30 Seconds to Marv"
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Eric Limer Sometimes I feel like an adult. Then I put on my pinstripe Vans shorts and that feeling goes away.
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Max Struck me how weird it is that I thought "better adjust my alarm clock" and reached for my phone.
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Eric Limer I always forget you can upload pictures through Twitter and use Imgur instead; I'm a Redditor at heart, I guess.
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Max If anyone wants to play popular game Diablo III with me, I'm elecray7k#1304
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Max Bury me in shrimp.
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James Plafke Netflix category suggestion: "Gritty Man vs. Nature TV Shows."
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James Plafke Gym locker room: Very built dudes standing in a circle, trading tips on how to keep a banana fresh.
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Eric Limer When you reach a certain age, you start growing wider instead of taller. But seriously, there's a head growing out of my side oh god.
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Eric Limer [Rant warning] I've said it before, and it's worth repeating: "Opinionated" is not a compliment. It's not even value-neutral; it's bad.
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Eric Limer Hey guys, I'm coining a phrase, OK? These 'holographic' stars who keep giving shows? "Illusive performances." Everybody got that?
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James Plafke Today, I make a .turnip darknet joke for work.
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James Plafke And then Thor is like, "Tony, we have to go back. We have to go back to the island." Then big letters spell out "Thor" and the credits roll.
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Eric Limer So far, I have spent literally every single day of my life not being hit by a car. How monotonous.
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Max I've played each of the Diablo games on a different computer, and none of them were up to the task.
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Max When Diablo III comes out this week, I'll continue my proud tradition of playing the latest dungeon crawler on the lowest graphics setting.
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Eric Limer I only eat salads that I've killed myself.
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Max Where my Fat Rons at?
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