Connecticut Bishop Will Not Allow Clergy to Perform Civil Unions

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[The Living Church] September 26, 2005--Despite the fact that the state will permit two people of the same gender to enter into a civil union effective Oct. 1, the Bishop of Connecticut said he was extending an already existing prohibition against same-sex blessings to include civil unions as well.