Valentine's Day is a couple of months off, but this weekend many couples will be out celebrating. On December 21st it will be three years since civil partnerships-gay marriages in all but name-were introduced in England and Wales (Scots and Northern Irish registrars began one and two days earlier respectively). The pent-up eagerness of many couples to tie the knot created an early rush: nearly 4,000 people got hitched that December. Candlelit restaurants will be doing brisk business in the next few days.
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