By using Tim Gaynor BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) – A former Arizona copper mining town reborn as an artists’ neighborhood defied the threat of felony action on Tuesday and became the primary city within the conservative southwestern state to allow civil unions between similar-sex couples. The city council in Bisbee, a metropolis of 5,600 residents in southeast Arizona, voted 5 to 2 to go a measure permitting any couple to enroll in in a civil ceremony, despite their sex or sexual orientation. “We’re just acknowledging the folks that live right here. It is an immense step in the precise route (and) for a tiny town … …