They’re calling it quits. Five years after Kathleen Peterson and Carolyn Conrad joined together legally in the first Civil Union ceremony in this country, they are abandoning their commitment. The pair was the first to enter into a civil union after former Vermont governor Howard Dean signed the legislation into law in 2000.
Actually some are calling what they are doing a divorce.
Okay I try to be tolerant to people different than me, but I must admit, I’m pretty peeved! A DIVORCE? What is this country coming to? Divorce is reserved for people who are married not civilly unionized. I’m sorry! You can’t just come into our world and co-opt our word for the ending of a marriage! Divorce should stay in heterosexual language and we won’t share!
Come up with your own word. Call it something else. Call it decoupled, dissolved, decivilized disunion. Call it anything you want, but don't call it divorce.
Sheez, is nothing sacred?
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