Article: Civil unions prove unpopular with LGBT community

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Legal problems raised when civil unions sour; Recognition outside Vermont new battleground for gay rights.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  August 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Vermont. So far, six civil unions have been dissolved...the first male civil union divorcees, told...asking it to end his civil union as a family relations...jurisdiction over civil unions. Mr. Rosengarten...how to dissolve a civil union. Still, the ...

Article: CIVIL UNIONS IN VT. EASIER TO ENTER THAN EXIT VERMONT LAW MAKES IT EASIER TO ENTER CIVIL UNIONS THAN LEAVE
The Boston Globe;  November 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......to dissolve his civil union, reasoning that...not acknowledge civil unions, its courts had...court ruled that a civil union is not the equivalent...who enter into civil unions and then separate...register for a civil union because it is a can of worms." ...

Article: Chide Democrats for seatbelts, not for civil unions; GOP will lose if it opposes equal rights
Concord Monitor;  May 2, 2007 ;     671 words ......block or undo the civil union law, a small band...heterosexual couples, the civil union law denies them...the result will be civil marriage for all...most of these. The civil union law does not belong on that list. Civil unions are not like mandatory...minimum ...

Article: Celebrants split over carrying out civil unions; Letter seeks interest in applying
The Nelson Mail;  January 15, 2005 ;     486 words ......whether to conduct civil unions. The Department...in also becoming civil union celebrants in the...they would want a civil union instead if it was...plan to carry out civil unions because of his...Internal Affairs civil unions clerk Emily ...

Article: Mere civil unions would cheat gays.(Editorial)
The Boston Herald;  December 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ......a compromise: civil unions. The reaction...wondered, wouldn't civil unions be acceptable...creation of a civil union law that would...percent - for civil unions. That's why it...to think that civil unions would be acceptable...pushing for a civil ...