One more state heading the right way.
Veto rebuffed; gay marriage OK in Vermont
Hopefully they will learn from Michigan and other states hard lessons - when the inevitable move to amend the state constitution to redefine marriage or whatever comes, don't sit on your laurels - mobilize and get it kicked out, as many times as necessary.
(text via Detroit Free Press)
The state House Tuesday recorded a dramatic 100-49 vote, the minimum needed, to override Gov.
Jim Douglas’ veto. Its vote followed a much easier override in the Senate, which rebuffed the Republican governor with a vote of 23-5.
Hopefully they will learn from Michigan and other states hard lessons - when the inevitable move to amend the state constitution to redefine marriage or whatever comes, don't sit on your laurels - mobilize and get it kicked out, as many times as necessary.
(text via Detroit Free Press)
The state House Tuesday recorded a dramatic 100-49 vote, the minimum needed, to override Gov.
Jim Douglas’ veto. Its vote followed a much easier override in the Senate, which rebuffed the Republican governor with a vote of 23-5.
Vermont was the first state to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples and joins Connecticut, Massachusetts and Iowa in giving gay couples the right to marry. In those other states, approval of gay marriage came from the courts.