Paul Kline and the Rev. Richard Anderson Maxwell were joined in a civil union ceremony :: NYT

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Mr. Maxwell, 52, is the rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Hartford and a member of the bishop and diocesan executive council of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. He was until 2004 the assistant minister at the Church of the Incarnation in New York. He graduated from Stanford and received a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary. He also holds a master’s in sacred theology from General Theological Seminary.
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Mr. Kline, 55, is a photographer and painter, who has exhibited in group shows at the West Hartford Art League and elsewhere. He was until 2004 the director of finance and operations at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in New York. He graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., where he also received a master’s degree in painting. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Kline was a Fulbright scholar in Cracow, Poland, doing research on Stanislaw Wyspianski, the Polish painter and poet, and teaching English as a second language at Jagiellonian University.