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Nation's First Same-Sex Civil Union Ends
FOXNews ^
| 8/24/06
| AP
Posted on 08/24/2006 7:52:35 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: civilunion; homosexualagenda; samesexmarriage
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posted on
08/24/2006 7:52:37 AM PDT
by
workerbee
To: workerbee
I know I shouldn't laugh....
To: workerbee
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!)
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posted on
08/24/2006 7:54:42 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: workerbee
There are plenty of guys who I'd hate to meet in a dark alley.I think I'll add Kathy to that list.
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posted on
08/24/2006 7:55:07 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: workerbee
I guess those Energizer batteries finally quit.
5
posted on
08/24/2006 7:55:22 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: workerbee
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!
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posted on
08/24/2006 7:55:32 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: workerbee
Okay, who gets custody of the dildo?......
7
posted on
08/24/2006 7:55:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: workerbee
So really who cares? Show of hands please?
>crickets chirping<
Thought so.
8
posted on
08/24/2006 7:56:52 AM PDT
by
SouthernBoyupNorth
("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
To: workerbee
9
posted on
08/24/2006 7:56:57 AM PDT
by
fishtank
To: Red Badger
ROFLMAO......
You're bad......
10
posted on
08/24/2006 7:57:25 AM PDT
by
Brytani
(Someone stole my tagline - reward for its return!!!)
To: workerbee
OK, where's the Nelson pic?
To: workerbee
The first "married" lesbian couple in Ma. just split up recently.
To: workerbee
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.
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posted on
08/24/2006 7:59:11 AM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: RexBeach
Fortunately there's no fighting over who gets the kids.
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posted on
08/24/2006 7:59:15 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(Democrats are a waste of tax money and good oxygen.)
To: workerbee
Looks like the brunette married her toothless grandma
15
posted on
08/24/2006 8:00:13 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: workerbee
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posted on
08/24/2006 8:00:49 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: pissant
Which one is the guy? Nah, I think I already know which one is packin' a phallus.
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posted on
08/24/2006 8:01:53 AM PDT
by
davisfh
To: pissant
Gee, what a nice looking couple! Ugh.
18
posted on
08/24/2006 8:02:34 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: wagglebee
There seems to be lots of violence in homosexual relationships that the media conveniently ignores
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posted on
08/24/2006 8:02:59 AM PDT
by
apackof2
(They wait on you hand and foot so they can charge you an arm and a leg)
To: workerbee
"It's a heartbreaking situation for any couple," A couple being defined as any two living organisms that have sex with each other.
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posted on
08/24/2006 8:04:47 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(More and more churches are nada scriptura.)
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