Vermont state
senator John Campbell said Tuesday he will introduce a bill
to legalize gay marriage when the legislature returns in
January, the Associated Press reports.
Vermont state
senator John Campbell said Tuesday he will introduce a bill
to legalize gay marriage when the legislature returns in
January, the Associated Press reports.
Gay and lesbian
couples have had civil union rights in Vermont since
2000. A commission of legislative leaders formed in April to
discuss whether the state should allow same-sex
couples to marry. Though the panel concluded that
instituting same-sex marriage would be positive for
the state, it stopped short of suggesting that the state
grant same-sex marriage. Recommending gay
marriage "would undercut the purpose and
usefulness of [the commission's] work and [the]
report," the April 21 report said.
Campbell, the
senate majority leader, said that the bill wouldn't likely
go far unless it were supported by Gov. Jim Douglas, a
Republican. Douglas recently beat out Democratic
challenger Gaye Symington to retain his position.
(Michelle Garcia, The Advocate)
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