On 3 December 2004 the Senate (upper house of the Polish Parliament, presently highly dominated by post-communist SLD members) proposed a bill allowing gay and lesbian people to register their relationships as civil unions. Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal sex. ... Civil unions in Quebec: Pursuant to a range of activism and to the M. v. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal sex. ... Domestic partner or domestic partnership identifies the personal relationship between individuals who are living together and sharing a common domestic life together but are not joined in any type of legal partnership, marriage or civil union. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament. ... Alliance of the Democratic Left (Polish: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) is one of the main Polish social democratic political parties, established on April 15, 1999. ... A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing homosexual couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married heterosexuals (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by couples of differing sexes who do not...

Parties to a civil union shall be given a great range of benefits, protections and responsibilities (e.g. pension funds, joint tax and death-related benefits), granted at the moment only to spouses in a marriage. However, they shall not be allowed to adopt children. A pension (also known as superannuation) is a retirement plan intended to provide a person with a secure income for life. ... Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...

The bill, which has raised much controversy, is now expected to find its way to the lower chamber of Polish Parliament (the Sejm). This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ...

Only two parties, SLD-UP and SDPL, (both Social Democrats) support the proposal. PO, LPR and PiS (all conservative), are opposing it. Samoobrona is indifferent and PSL hasn't take a position on the proposal (both agrarian) but both parties will probably vote against. SLD-UP and SdPL do not have a majority in parliament, so the bill is unlikely to pass. Alliance of the Democratic Left (Polish: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) is one of the main Polish social democratic political parties. ... Labor Union (Unia Pracy) is a Polish political party. ... Social Democracy of Poland (Socjaldemokracja Polska, SDPL) is a new leftist political party in Poland founded in April 2004 as a splinter group from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (it should not be confused with a former party Socialdemocracy of the Republic of Poland - SdRP). ... Citizens Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) is a Polish conservative-liberal political party, modelled after the two main American parties. ... League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin) is a right-wing and populist opposition party in the Polish Parliament. ... Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) (PiS) is a Polish central-right political party, established in 2001, by the Kaczyński brothers: Lech, the former justice minister and the current mayor of the capital, Warsaw, and Jarosław, who is the President of the party. ... Self-Defense of the Polish Republic ( Polish: Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitiej Polskiej, SRP) is a political party and trade union in Poland. ... The Polish Peasant Party (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe) is a political party in Poland. ...

The last session of Parliament in its current term takes place between 26-29 July 2005. This will likely leave insufficient time for Parliament to approve the "same-sex relationships" bill prior to the 2005 election. According to law, the bill will be dissolved, as a new Parliament cannot deal with old bills. If the bill is not passed by the current Parliament, the chances of a new bill being passed are unlikely within the next five years as opinion polls indicate that the coming elections will be won by conservative parties (PO, PiS and LPR) - all opposing gay rights. The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... Citizens Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) is a Polish conservative-liberal political party, modelled after the two main American parties. ... Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) (PiS) is a Polish central-right political party, established in 2001, by the Kaczyński brothers: Lech, the former justice minister and the current mayor of the capital, Warsaw, and Jarosław, who is the President of the party. ... League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin) is a right-wing and populist opposition party in the Polish Parliament. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also...

Speaker of polish Sejm - Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (SLD - leader of presidential candidate), has blocked (21 July 2005) "same-sex relationships" bill, to approve it by parliament. So, this act has disappeared. However, it has declared, that as president has signed such act. The chances of a new bill being passed are unlikely within the next five years. This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... WÅ‚odzimierz Cimoszewicz (born September 13, 1950 in Warsaw, Poland) is the current speaker of the Sejm (lower chamber of the Polish parliament). ... Alliance of the Democratic Left (Polish: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) is one of the main Polish social democratic political parties. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ...