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Article: In just four years, civil unions go from radical to moderate
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- March 8, 2004
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ROSS SNEYD, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-08-2004
Dateline: MONTPELIER, Vermont
To Vermont's town clerks and justices of the peace, civil unions have become almost as routine as traditional weddings. Readers of the state's newspapers see civil union announcements alongside wedding notices nearly every week.
"It's just everyday business," said Brattleboro Town Clerk Annette Cappy, who a few minutes after midnight on July 1, 2000, became the first Vermont clerk to issue a gay couple a license for a civil union. Last year her office dispensed 185 civil union licenses and 318 marriage licenses.
Just four years ago, civil unions for gay couples were considered a positively radical ...