Civil Unions No Replacement for Marriage, Say Rhode Islanders
Oddly, gay and lesbian couples want the real thing
Reviewing a year's worth of data, the Rhode Island ACLU reported today that gay and lesbian couples have emphatically said "I Don't!" to the state's civil union law. According to statistics obtained from the RI Department of Health, a total of only 68 couples obtained civil union licenses in the first year of the law, which took effect July 1, 2011. By contrast, when civil union laws took effect earlier this year in two states with similar populations to Rhode Island, Hawaii reported the issuance of at least 106 civil union licenses, and Delaware reported more than 85, in the first month alone.
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