Connecticut's First Same-Sex Unions Proceed Civilly
Little Hoopla Surrounds Occasion
By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 2, 2005

HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 1 -- Connecticut became the third state to offer same-sex couples a legal way to unite, issuing its first licenses for "civil unions" Saturday in what seemed too low-key to be a milestone in a cultural fight that has divided the nation.

Here in Hartford -- where a rainbow flag hung outside City Hall and the clerk's office opened for special Saturday hours -- 26 couples came in to get licenses for the unions, which offer the same benefits as traditional marriage under state law.

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