Beginning on October 1, 2005 any same sex couple can stroll into their local city/town hall and apply for a civil union. Quite the victory many would say. Our relationships will be legally recognized by the state government. One little snag …. Justices of the Peace and Clergy can refuse any couple … at their discretion. Yes, yes the clergy part is not much of a surprise but the JP part is shocking to me. Pardon me, but isn’t a JP where a couple goes for a civil ceremony that theoretically eliminates religious references? Then what the hell is the problem with these people?
The Connecticut law does not require justices and clergy to perform civil unions, and some said they won’t because of their religious beliefs.
Carmela Apuzzo, a justice of the peace in Orange, did not plan to perform civil unions until a priest told her she would simply be performing civil ceremonies.
"This has nothing to do with religion," she said. "It’s a contract. I will definitely encourage other people to think of it like that."
Source: http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/09/092605conUnions.htm
If religious beliefs are so imperative to a group of these Connecticut elected officials then how can they perform civil ceremonies for different gender couples? How can they remove God from the ceremony for some people and not for others? Reeks of hypocrisy. Some think we (the gays) should be happy with Civil Unions, this is a victory. A victory with built in homophobia?
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