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by Mikey @ 2:41 pm. Filed under Gay Issues

Connecticut is the newest state to offer same-sex civil unions as of October 1st. It seems like all of the states of New England are the first to recognize gay couples’ marital rights. Currently Vermont and Massachusetts have the same laws in place.

HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut joins Vermont on Saturday as the only states offering same-sex civil unions, but the day may pass with only a few raised glasses of champagne as the first gay couples exchange vows.

Because Oct. 1 falls on a Saturday, only a handful of town clerks’ offices plan to be open. Gay rights activists know of some planned ceremonies that day — including one officiated by Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, who’s running for governor — but don’t know how many couples will race to apply for civil unions.

“Saturday is going to be a landmark day in the civil rights movement in Connecticut,” said state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, one of a handful of openly gay legislators in Connecticut’s General Assembly.

But the law is also creating confusion with some employers who will be required to extend health benefits to same-sex couples.

“I think employers are going to start getting requests (for benefits) as soon as Monday. And they’re not prepared,” said Bruce Barth, an employee benefits attorney at Robinson and Cole in Hartford.

Connecticut’s law passed in April, making it the first state to recognize same-sex unions without court intervention. Laws in Vermont and Massachusetts, which allows gay couples to marry, were created as a result of legal action. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger followed through on his promise Thursday to veto a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

Connecticut will recognize Vermont’s civil unions but officials are still researching other states’ domestic partnership laws and civil unions granted in foreign countries. But it will not recognize same-sex marriages because its law specifies that marriage is between a man and a woman, a distinction that angers some couples.

Some gay rights activists are pissed that this is not the same thing as a same sex marriage. I tell them “hey at least you’re getting some recognition by the government!”. Now same sex civil union couples will be able to get the same insurance and legal benefits that married couples have enjoyed in the past. Progress is being made, celebrate it don’t criticize it!

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