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[CT] Legislators Back Same-Sex Unions
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 24, 2005 09:22am |
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| Category | General |
| News Date | Thursday, February 24, 2005 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A key legislative committee made history Wednesday by endorsing a measure that would make Connecticut the second state in the nation to adopt civil unions for same-sex couples.
After a lively two-hour debate, the judiciary committee approved the civil unions bill by a 2-1 ratio in a largely bipartisan vote.
The proposal needs the approval of the full House and Senate and Gov. M. Jodi Rell to become law. But if that happens - and several lawmakers predicted it would - Connecticut would join Vermont as the only other state to extend nearly all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage to gay and lesbian couples.
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