volokh.com - 4/7/2009
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(This post returns to some points I'd made earlier about the California, Massachusetts, and Vermont same-sex marriage/civil union decisions, and applies them to the Iowa case.)...
Same-Sex Marriage in Iowa? Cue the Music, Man!
firedoglake.com 4/3/2009 —
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a county judge's ruling in September 2007 that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage . Prepare for the howls from the right in 5, 4, 3, . . .
News flash: This isn't California or Massachusetts or Vermont. ...
Gay marriage becomes law in Vermont
washingtonmonthly.com 4/7/2009 — GAY MARRIAGE BECOMES LAW IN VERMONT.... What a very pleasant surprise. The Vermont House has voted, 100-49 to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage. Vermont will become the fourth state to legalize marriages...
BREAKING: Gay marriage now legal in Vermont
americablog.com 4/7/2009 — Holy crap. From the Human Rights Campaign: The state Senate voted 23-5 and the House of Representatives voted 100-49 to override Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto, making Vermont the first state to recognize marriage for committed lesbian and gay couples ...
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage
outsidethebeltway.com 4/7/2009 — Vermont, the only state with a Socialist in Congress, today became the first state to legalize same-sex marriages through legislative action.
Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature’s ...
Gay marriage, by legislature, in Vermont:
volokh.com 4/7/2009 — Nine years after it became the first state to approve civil unions, Vermont becomes the first state to enact gay marriage legislatively. With just one vote to spare, the Vermont state...
Vermont Legislature Overrides Veto, Legalizes Gay Marriage
librarygrape.com 4/7/2009 — Today is truly a momentous day. Vermont became the first state in the U.S. to legalize gay marriage by an affirmative act of the state legislature: Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature’s vote. The Legislature voted Tuesday to ...
Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Courage
anonymousliberal.com 4/7/2009 — The Vermont legislature, by margins large enough to override a gubernatorial veto, has legalized same sex marriage, making it the first state to legalize gay marriage by purely legislative means. That's an enormous milestone in the movement for ...
BREAKING: Vermont Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage!
gaypatriot.net 4/7/2009 — A two-thirds vote to override the veto from Vermont Governor Jim Douglas was needed. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the House . Vermont now becomes the first state to decide this matter by action from the ...
Vermont Gets it Right in Recognizing Gay Marriage
gaypatriot.net 4/7/2009 — While some silly gay marriage advocates see a popular groundswell for gay marriage in court decisions, the vote today of Vermont’s legislature to override Governor Douglas’s veto of legislation providing for state recognition of same-sex ...
The Vermont Government Catches Up With Vermont Citizens —
Hit & Run
With the Vermont legislature -- not the courts, the legislature -- legalizing same-sex marriage today, it grows even harder to sustain the argument that such unions are merely being imposed by social engineers and activist judges. In the words of ... um, me : Marriage isn't being re-engineered ...
Vermont Legislature Legalizes Gay Marriage —
The Democratic Daily
The Vermont Legislature voted today to override Governor Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill which would allow gays and lesbians to marry. The override makes Vermont the “ fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature’s vote.”
Under Vermont law, ...
The Times, They Are a-Changin’ —
Comments from Left Field
Today, the Vermont legislature became the first state to legalize gay marriage, by overriding a gubernatorial veto. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and now Iowa also allow gay marriage, but in those states that result was achieved by court ruling.
Here is the Burlington Free Press :
Vermont ...
And then there were four. —
Upper Left
Via Steve Benen ... The Vermont House has voted, 100-49 to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage. Vermont will become the fourth state to legalize marriages... Why not Washington?
Vermont legalizes gay marriage —
Left I on the News
In somewhat of a surprise (not the original vote, but the veto override), the Vermont legislature has legalized gay marriage in that state. I doubt this comes as news to my readers. I comment mainly because I got a laugh out of this: Craig Bensen, a gay marriage opponent who had lobbied ...
Vermont Passes Gay Marriage Bill —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Vermont lawmakers "overrode a veto from the governor in passing a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the state to become the fourth in the nation where gay marriage is legal," Reuters reports.
"Vermont's vote comes just four days after Iowa's Supreme Court struck ...
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage! —
Tennessee Guerilla Women
Vermont just became the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage! Is there hope for this country or what? After Governor Douglas vetoed the marriage equality bill, Vermont lawmakers overturned his Republican ass by a vote of 23-5 vote in the state Senate and 100-49 in the House! This makes ...
Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage —
Daily Kos
The Vermont House has just voted 100-49 to override Gov. Jim Douglas' (R) veto of marriage rights legislation. One hundred votes were needed to override, and exactly 100 were cast in favor. The Vermont Senate earlier voted 23-5 to override. The vote makes Vermont the fourth state to legalize ...
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage —
The Moderate Voice
Reuters:
Vermont lawmakers on Tuesday overrode a veto from the governor in passing a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the state to become the fourth in the nation where gay marriage is legal.
The Vermont House of Representatives passed the bill by a 100-49 vote ...
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage —
A Blog For All
The Vermont Legislature voted to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill granting gays and lesbians the right to marry in Vermont. The override means that Vermont will authorize such marriages. It is the fourth state to do so behind Connecticut, Iowa, and California. However, in those states, ...
Marriage Equality in Vermont —
Shakesville
The state legislature of Vermont has overridden Gov. Jim Douglas's veto of the same-sex marriage law. The Vermont House has voted, 100-49 to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage. Vermont will become the fourth state to legalize marriages of gay and lesbian ...
Quick Hit: Marriage equality in Vermont! —
Feministing
Today the state legislature overrode the governor's veto of a bill allowing same-sex marriage, and so Vermont became the first state to legislatively guarantee all couples the right to marry.
Go Vermont!
VERMONT LEGALIZES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE! —
Queers United
The Vermont legislature has just voted 100-49 to overturn the Governors veto of marriage. Vermont officially becomes the 4th state in the union to allow same-sex marriage after Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa. Thank you for all your hard work and congratulations!!!
Gay Marriage Legalized in Vermont —
Politics Daily
Just minutes ago, Vermont joined Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa to become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage. On Monday, Governor Jim Douglas vetoed a bill passed by the state legislature to legalize the practice. Today the legislature voted, by a healthy margin in the Senate and the ...
A shakeup of the shibboleths? —
Corrente
N.E. Hills are alive with the debate on whether marriage must be restricted to one husband and one wife - lesbian and gays need not apply. In Vermont, both Houses have passed bills that allow same-gender marriage but the Governor has promised a veto.
Vermont does have Civil Unions, which at ...
Vermont legalizes gay marriage, overrides veto —
First Read
From NBC’s Domenico MontanaroThe Vermont legislature legalized gay marriage by overriding Republican Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto.
Douglas issued the veto yesterday. The state legislature needed a two-thirds majority to override it, and got it.
Vermont is ...
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