Article: Citing Historic Rulings, Massachusetts Judge Dissolves Gay Civil Union.

Article: The Rev. Emory Byrum and Tim Harrell were the first couple to ...
National Catholic Reporter;  March 2, 2007 ;     682 words ... ... Harrell were the first couple to have a civil union ceremony in Belvidere, N.J., when civil unions became legal in the state Feb. 19. Byrum ... Pa. Harrell and Byrum said getting a civil union is important to them for the legal protections ...

Article: Civil unions stand.(efforts to repeal civil ...
The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine);  July 3, 2001 ;     614 words ... ... repeal the state's civil unions law isn't heading ... legislation changing the civil unions law. The repeal move ... of blood relatives. Civil unions apply only to same ... compromise, and we called it civil union," said Rep. William ...

Article: Civil-union battle may sink bill to ease Pa. ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  March 12, 2004 ;     673 words ... ... wants to extend that ban to civil unions. Generally, civil unions allow unwed couples the same ... Republican, support a ban on civil unions among same-sex couples ... it. I still think the (civil-union ban) is worth it and the ...

Article: Connecticut OKs gay civil unions
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 21, 2005 ;     685 words ... ... law will work *-Civil unions are reserved only ... office and pick up a civil union license application ... People getting a civil union cannot be already married or in a civil union elsewhere. *-Civil unions performed in other ...

Article: Fed: Civil Unions to happen in one week
AAP General News (Australia);  June 9, 2006 ;     306 words ... ... 09-2006 Fed: Civil Unions to happen in one ... first homosexual civil union could take place ... couples to create a civil union. But there is a ... intending to enter into a civil union under the Civil Unions Act 2006 is advised ...

Article: SJC SOLICITS BRIEFS ON CIVIL UNIONS MULLS REQUEST ...
The Boston Globe;  December 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... constitutionality of a civil unions bill. The court ... a comprehensive civil union law, said that ... equality and the civil unions are clearly a second ... couples joined in a civil union. However, a civil unions law would have ...

Article: No deluge of civil unions
New Haven Register;  December 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... hitched through civil union since the law took ... gay couples sought civil unions in Connecticut in ... what she meant.(Civil union) just isn't in ... mixed reactions to civil union legislation. Some got civil unions immediately and ...