Vermont is first again! They were the first to enact civil unions in 2000. Now they are the first state to democratically enact same-sex marriage (rather than having the courts impose it on the people). The Vermont legislature voted today to legalize same-sex marriage, barely overriding the governor’s veto with a 2/3 majority in both houses. From the polls I have seen, this reflects the will of the people. While I am staunchly against legalizing same-sex marriage, at least Vermont went about doing it the right way: democratically.
April 7, 2009
Vermont Legislature Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Posted by Jason Dulle under Apologetics, Politics, Same-sex Marriage[2] Comments
Thinking to Believe 
April 21, 2009 at 7:04 am
While this does seem bad, there really is no point in arguing though is there? I mean if the Supreme Court has held that there should be same-sex marriage, then all states should theoretically allow same-sex marriage since the Supreme Court would overule the State Court.
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April 22, 2009 at 12:22 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on the issue. Right now, the issue is being left to the states. Even if the Supreme Court had ruled that same-sex marriage was a Constitutional right, I still don’t think we should give up the fight, just as we didn’t give up the fight on abortion (and good thing, because we have made amazing progress, that admittedly and unfortunately, may all be undone by President Obama and the Democratic Congress). We should always strive to make our country more just.
Jason
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