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Article: Connecticut, Oregon study civil unions; Traditional-values groups oppose legislation.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- March 13, 2005
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Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Connecticut and Oregon appear to be vying to become the second U.S. state to create marriagelike civil unions for homosexual couples.
In Connecticut, the Joint Judiciary Committee recently approved a bill to create civil unions, a legal partnership that carries many state rights of marriage but is not called marriage. It is similar to the nation's first civil union law in Vermont, which went into effect in 2000.
The Connecticut bill still needs to go before the Democrat-led House and Senate, but many observers think it can pass. Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, has indicated "general" ...