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Article: Legal problems raised when civil unions sour; Recognition outside Vermont new battleground for gay rights.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2002
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Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Glen Rosengarten and Peter Downes traveled to Vermont on New Year's Eve 2000 to become one of many homosexual couples celebrating their civil union.
Their 15-year relationship soon soured, though, and Mr. Rosengarten went to court six months later to end his civil union.
"I was concerned for my heirs, for my three children ... and I want to get some kind of closure," he explained from his home in Greenwich, Conn.
But breaking up has been hard to do for this couple, one of 3,577 from outside Vermont who have obtained civil unions in the state, and it could have huge implications for others ...