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Kathleen Peterson, left, and Carolyn Conrad sign their civil-union license at the town clerk's office in Brattleboro, Vt., on July 1, 2000, the day such unions became legal in the state.
Kathleen Peterson, left, and Carolyn Conrad sign their civil-union license at the town clerk's office in Brattleboro, Vt., on July 1, 2000, the day such unions became legal in the state.