Article: Local gay couples not satisfied with civil union designation

Article: Civil unions prove unpopular with LGBT community
University Wire;  March 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......put out by the Civil Union Review Commission...February, calling civil unions a failed project, is dead on. "The civil union is named as such...status called civil union." Kukor said the...not only that civil unions do not give LGBT...what the term ...

Article: New civil union law not enough for U. Connecticut group
University Wire;  October 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Mansfield civil union license to...Island, where civil unions are illegal...to legalize civil unions without a...between a civil union and a marriage...support for the civil unions this weekend, an anti-civil union rally sponsored...

Article: Couples say 'I don't' to civil unions
Sunday Star-Times;  February 26, 2006 ;     442 words ......out of conducting civil unions because barely one...couples have chosen civil unions, compared with 15,683 marriages, since the Civil Union Act - which allows...couples have had civil unions. Internal Affairs...show the majority of civil unions are ...

Article: For Gay Couples, Civil Unions Tougher To Undo Than Create; State Law Requires Partners' Return to Vt.
The Washington Post;  November 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......have dissolved 10 civil unions, but observers...Vermont study shows civil union partners are more...that a lesbian's civil union did not make her...legislature to rule on civil unions. Glen Rosengarten...legislators enacted their civil union law during ...

Article: Civil unions 'waste of time'
The Press;  April 25, 2006 ;     466 words ...The much-lauded civil union legislation has...couples choosing civil unions since they became...standing, and it has. Civil unions have become part...planning his own civil union late next year...non-religious option." Civil unions have proven more...short ...

Article: Vermont's lesson; Criticism of civil unions has faded The numbers; An open debate; Nothing to fear
Concord Monitor;  February 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......also apply to civil unions. A civil union is like a marriage...also administer civil unions. A town clerk...want to issue a civil union license can...marriage or civil union persuaded the...Dean, that only civil unions had a chance...

Article: Civil Unions Now Routine in Vermont
AP Online;  March 8, 2004 ;     597 words ......justices of the peace, civil unions have become almost...ate's newspapers see civil union announcements alongside...office dispensed 185 civil union licenses and 318...four years ago, civil unions for gay couples...Now our `radical' civil union thing is ...

Article: In just four years, civil unions go from radical to moderate
AP Worldstream;  March 8, 2004 ;     535 words ......justices of the peace, civil unions have become almost...ate's newspapers see civil union announcements alongside...office dispensed 185 civil union licenses and 318...four years ago, civil unions for gay couples...Now our `radical' civil union thing is ...

Article: Study: gay couples face criticism for civil unions
The Press;  August 14, 2006 ;     339 words ......have introduced civil unions in the past 18...friends who believe a civil union is "selling out...by entering into civil unions. Conversely, there...once you are in a civil union our legal rights...community were against civil unions. However, they...said. ...

Article: CIVIL UNION LEGAL BENEFITS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 12, 2000 ;     305 words ...The concept of civil unions for gay and lesbian...LAWSUITS. Someone in a civil union would be able to sue...spouses would flow to civil union partners. ADOPTION...State employees in civil unions would be treated as...ABUSE. Parties to a civil union would ...

Article: N.J. clergy torn on civil union ceremonies
Press of Atlantic City;  December 23, 2006 ;     639 words ......the nation to offer civil unions to gay couples, the...will now incorporate civil union ceremonies as well...to avoid performing civil unions. "You are advised that...solemnize marriages and civil unions entirely," Rabner writes...

Article: JPs Scramble to Prepare for Civil Unions
AP Online;  September 24, 2005 ;     400 words ......state to pass a civil union law, which will...state that allows civil unions and Massachusetts...who want to have civil union ceremonies on the...did not schedule civil unions then because Oct...1 just to issue civil union licenses. Connecticut will ...

Article: Conn. officials prepare for civil unions
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  September 25, 2005 ;     389 words ......state to pass a civil union law, which will...state that allows civil unions and Massachusetts...who want to have civil union ceremonies on the...did not schedule civil unions then because Oct...1 just to issue civil union licenses. Connecticut will ...

Article: Couples in race to stage historic first civil union
The Press;  April 26, 2005 ;     488 words ......to seal their love with a civil union. The Civil Unions Bill, allowing same-sex and...who became known as the civil union poster boys during the campaign...would cause those who opposed civil unions to reconsider, rather than...