Give It Up For Vermont! The Green Mountain State Legalizes Gay Marriage
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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1:45PM, Tuesday April 7th 2009
First Iowa, now Vermont—it’s been a big week for gay marriage advocates! The Vermont House of Representatives voted with a two-thirds majority to overturn the Governor’s veto of the gay marriage bill—this makes Vermont the first state in the union where lawmakers passed a gay marriage law instead of the courts. Vermont is the fourth state where gay marriage is now legal, alongside Iowa, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. [Reuters]
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PinkRanger
wrote on April 7 2009 @ 02:15 pm: [report]
Slowly but surely!!!!
Sonic
wrote on April 7 2009 @ 08:04 pm: [report]
@ PinkRanger: Definitely!
I am so happy to hear this. One day, I hope all 50 states will legalize gay marriage.
joyy
wrote on April 7 2009 @ 08:27 pm: [report]
w00t!
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 7 2009 @ 08:36 pm: [report]
@Everyone: I literally lover Vermont. I have been there many times, and I hope to live there eventually. I have spent most of my time near Warren Vermont who has their wonderful 4th of July Parade, if you think you’ve ever seen liberalism in action, go to this parade, I guarantee you will see something new. A couple years ago there was a float with still president Bush on top of the White House drinking from a can marked “OIL” while getting pegged with water baloons (Graciously given out by the forerunners of the float), I must also remark tha behind this float was George Washington LITERALLY turning in his grave.
Katrina
wrote on April 8 2009 @ 06:15 am: [report]
Cheese, maple syrup, mountains, and equal rights. Go Vermont!
Yellow
wrote on April 8 2009 @ 03:59 pm: [report]
And me! I’m a product of Vermont too! And never prouder.
sunrise
wrote on April 14 2009 @ 12:04 pm: [report]
Yay!!! take that Governor Douglas :D. I was at the senate hearings at the statehouse a few weeks ago leading up to the vote, and I didn’t really think it would happen… I’m so glad it has though!
@CheeeeEEEEse: I’m glad you love Vermont! I’ve never been to the Warren parade, so it sounds like such a vermont town thing to do… I’ll have to check it out some year.