From left, Michael
Spiegelman-Fisherman, and his partner, Chris Fisherman-Spiegelman,fill
out their civil union application, along with
Laura DeNardis and her longtime partner Deborah
Smith. The two couples were the first to obtain
a civil union in Stamford, Ct., after the new
state law went into effect Saturday, Oct. 1.
.
George
Hellyer and George Wagner pause and smile for
a photo as they fill out their civil union application
Saturday morning at Stamford City Hall. Hellyer's
79-year-old mother, Mildred, was also present
at the Stamford City Hall as the two men were
joined later in one of the first civil unions
handed out in Connecticut.
From
left, Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat
running for re-election this November and a candidate
for governor in next year's gubernatorial race,
reviews the civil union documentation of Michael
Spiegelman-Fisherman and Chris Fisherman-Spiegelman,
before the mayor presides over their civil union
ceremony just outside of the city's town clerk's
office Saturday morning. The two were the first
unionized in Stamford.
