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Article: Midnight nuptials: New Hampshire celebrates New Year's civil unions.(wedding bells)
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- Curve
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- April 1, 2008
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"I am so, I am so happy ..." cried the graying, pleasantly plump woman. She struggled to blot tears from her cheek as one hand held a bouquet of cream-colored calla lilies, and the other, a certificate of civil union.
Her partner, tall and lean with soft wavy hair, led her gently out of the church library and down the stairs. Their children followed, glowing. As they entered the social hall, hundreds of people cheered. And then everyone danced.
On this historic day in New Hampshire, 11 couples held civil unions in the small church library.
With humble beginnings dating back to 1627, the Unitarian Universalist church, South Church of Portsmouth ...