Vermont Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill
March 23, 2009
Details are sketchy, but the Burlington Free Press is reporting that a marriage equality bill (SB 115) has passed in the Vermont State Senate with a whopping 87% of the vote (26-4).
Vermont’s Speaker of the House, Shap Smith, says that a similar bill should pass in the House very soon, though there is question as to how veto-proof that vote will be. Governor Jim Douglas has said he wouldn’t veto a marriage equality bill if it got to his desk, but also that he believed that marriage is for straight people only.
There’s been some speculation that Gov. Douglas might allow marriage equality to pass into law without his signature.
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