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You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.

Elton John

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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
Composer
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Guitarist
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Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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