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Nation's first civil union ending
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jan 05, 2006 06:30pm |
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| News Date | Friday, December 16, 2005 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BRATTLEBORO — The first same-sex couple in the United States to receive many of the legal rights of marriage are in the process of dissolving their historic civil union in Vermont.
Carolyn Conrad asked a Brattleboro court in October to end her civil union with Kathleen Peterson after five years and that their home and property be split up. The two women had been in a relationship for about 10 years, according to court documents.
Conrad and her attorney, Angela Prodan of Brattleboro, would not comment on the request to dissolve the union. Peterson, who is representing herself in the proceedings, declined to comment on why the relationship ended.
"All I want to say is that the civil union was a big source of pride for me and now it's not," Peterson said Wednesday night. |
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