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Article: Conn. officials prepare for civil unions
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- September 25, 2005
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Connecticut's new law allowing same-sex civil
unions takes effect next weekend, and justices of the peace are still
learning how to handle the new ceremonies.
"On Oct. 1, civil unions become law in Connecticut, but there is
not a J.P. in that room who knows what to do with it," said Saul
Haffner, president of Justices of the Peace of Connecticut, which
held a conference Saturday on the law. "It's going to be a mess."
Connecticut is the first state to pass a civil union law, which
will confer the same rights as marriage, without court pressure.
Vermont is the only other state that allows civil unions and
Massachusetts is the only state that allows same-sex marriages.