Nation's First Same-Sex Civil Union Ends

FOXNews ^ | 8/24/06 | AP

[workerbee]

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A lesbian couple who entered into the nation's first same-sex civil union officially split up Wednesday.

Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen Peterson, both of Brattleboro, had entered a civil union shortly after midnight on July 1, 2000, the day Vermont's first-in-the-nation law went into effect.

Conrad, 35, filed to end the union in October and later obtained a restraining order against her partner, saying Peterson punched a hole in the wall during an argument and threatened to harm a friend.

A judge granted the request for a dissolution Wednesday.

"It's a heartbreaking situation for any couple," Conrad told the Brattleboro Reformer on Wednesday.

The couple had been in a relationship for five years before Vermont began offering same-sex couples the rights and benefits of marriage.

Beth Robinson, chairwoman of the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force, said the union's end shows that the state's civil union law is working.

[NewCenturions]

I know I shouldn't laugh....

[goldstategop]

Sure it does. They don't really want to be married. How many gays have rushed up to the altar once the media was gone? Your guess is as good as mine.

( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[Gay State Conservative]

There are plenty of guys who I'd hate to meet in a dark alley.I think I'll add Kathy to that list.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I guess those Energizer batteries finally quit.

[RexBeach]

God, I love the last sentence of the snippet. It's working 'cause something failed. Now there's a fine piece of pretzel logic for you!

[Red Badger]

Okay, who gets custody of the dildo?......

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

So really who cares? Show of hands please?

>crickets chirping<

Thought so.

[fishtank]

Cry me a river...

[Brytani]

ROFLMAO......

You're bad......

[manic4organic]

OK, where's the Nelson pic?

[lonerepubinma]

The first "married" lesbian couple in Ma. just split up recently.

[hsalaw]

the union's end shows that the state's civil union law is working.

What? It's working because it failed? This woman is obviously a dem. In the real world, something ISN'T working when it fails.

[workerbee]

Fortunately there's no fighting over who gets the kids.

[pissant]

Looks like the brunette married her toothless grandma

[RexBeach]

You got that right, WB!

[davisfh]

Which one is the guy? Nah, I think I already know which one is packin' a phallus.

[RexBeach]

Gee, what a nice looking couple! Ugh.

[apackof2]

There seems to be lots of violence in homosexual relationships that the media conveniently ignores

[DungeonMaster]

"It's a heartbreaking situation for any couple,"

A couple being defined as any two living organisms that have sex with each other.