Friday, October 07, 2005

Connecticut Civil Unions Bill Becomes Law

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell wasted no time Wednesday signing a bill creating civil unions in the state less than an hour after it passed its final hurdle in the legislature.
The bill gives same-sex couples many of the rights of marriage.
The House voted 85-63 last week after a clause was added defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. (story) The addition of the marriage clause had been set by Rell as a requirement before she would agree to sign it.
The Senate version of the bill sailed through that body on a 27-9 vote a week earlier (story) but without the marriage definition.
Today, the Senate approved the inclusion of the definition to the cheers of supporters in the public gallery.

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