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t. e. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Vermont since September 1, 2009. The Senate passed same-sex marriage legislation on March 23, which the House of Representatives amended and approved by a 94–52 vote on April 3, 2009. Governor Jim Douglas vetoed the bill as promised on April 6.
The Marriage Equality Act is a 2009 Vermont state law which legalized the officiating of marriages between same-sex couples in the state. The law went into effect on September 1, 2009. [ 1 ] Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage, the first to do so by legislation rather than a court ruling.
Apr 7, 2009 · The vote, nine years after Vermont was first in the United States to adopt a same-sex civil-union law, also makes the tiny state of 624,000 people the first in the nation to introduce gay marriage ...
Mar 23, 2013 · Nine states, including Vermont in 2009, as well as the District of Columbia, have since legalized full same-sex marriage. And the U.S. Supreme Court next week will hear for the first time ...
Jun 26, 2013 · In California, same-sex marriage was legal briefly in 2008 following a court ruling permitting it. Later that year, voters approved Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage. ... Vermont became the ...
Jun 26, 2015 · News of the same-sex marriage decision was welcomed in Vermont, which in 2000 was the first state to create an institution similar to same-sex marriage, with an invented legal term called “civil ...
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Dec 7, 2017 · For many, including small town Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray, with Boston-based attorney Mary L. Bonauto, the journey began in the 1980s. "The State of Marriage," a new documentary, recounts the challenges in gripping detail as the story of Vermont's historic establishment of same-sex marriage unfolds.
