A state Superior Court judge this week denied a last minute attempt to block the law from taking effect. Municipal clerks in Corinth and Fairfield claimed providing civil union licenses would violate their religious beliefs, but the judge said they may appoint underlings to issue the licenses. Efforts to create same-sex unions have had a more difficult time elsewhere. In May, Colorado became the 33rd state to ban same-sex marriages. We're a small state.
Independent thinkers live here.
It's the same state that allowed same-gender adoption. It was the first state to ban slavery. It established the Head Start program. Getting civil unions legalized may have required a fight, she says, but the fight was worth it. They're talking about it more.