Article: Civil Unions Bill harks back to apartheid - where separate was never equal.(News)

Article: Speaker Mike Madigan's 'Double Betrayal' Clears Way for Radical ...
U.S. Newswire;  March 23, 2007 ;     611 words ... ... cleared the way for a vote on radical 'civil unions.'" LaBarbera said the Civil Unions Bill (HB 1826) is merely "same- sex ... Harris, and then Harris' substitute "civil unions" bill, to proceed to committee, LaBarbera said ...

Transcript: Analysis: Passage of a civil unions bill ...
NPR All Things Considered;  October 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 0000 Analysis: Passage of a civil unions bill into law in Vermont may put ... Howard Dean, who signed the civil unions bill into law. Since 1992, Dean ... Republicans who voted for the civil unions bill were defeated. One of the newcomers ...

Article: ACT: ACT Greens to push again for civil unions ...
AAP General News (Australia);  May 20, 2009 ;     250 words ... ... ACT Greens to push again for civil unions bill The ACT Greens are planning ... legislation that would legalise civil unions for same-sex couples. The ... legislation recognising same-sex civil unions .. but was forced by the commonwealth ...

Article: Vt. Civil Unions Bill Becomes Law
AP Online;  April 27, 2000 ;     485 words ... ... Associated Press Writer AP Online 04-27-2000 Vt. Civil Unions Bill Becomes Law MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Gov. Howard Dean has signed Vermont's landmark civil unions bill into law and he did it quietly, with no fanfare ...

Article: N.J. Civil Unions Bill Goes to Governor
AP Online;  December 15, 2006 ;     525 words ... ... Vermont and Connecticut have civil unions, and California has domestic ... would get under New Jersey's civil unions bill are adoption rights, hospital ... Officials could begin granting civil unions 60 days after the governor signs ...

Article: Civil unions bill stuck in panel, but ...
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  February 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Supporters and opponents of civil unions for same-sex partners are ... state legislators to act on a civil unions bill that is now before the Senate ... a rally at 10 to support the civil unions bill. Senate Judiciary Committee ...

Article: Civil unions bill may clear major hurdle ...
Concord Monitor;  March 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... recognition of same-sex marriages and civil unions formed in other states. In 2005 ... Representatives who predicted passage of the civil unions bill attributed the change in attitudes ... said he's "comfortable" with civil unions after seeing how they've worked ...