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ShareThisBeth Robinson chosen by Shumlin for state's high court
Written by Dave Gram, The Associated Press
Beth Robinson, a major force in Vermont's passage of gay marriage in 2009, was selected today to become Vermont's next Supreme Court justice. Gov. Peter Shumlin made the announcement at noon in Montpelier.
•11:27 PM, Oct. 18, 2011
WTF!
A bit of shock to go with your awe, Hampy. Shock for the chicks as they get their first taste and sight of outdoors and shock for how big they have become. They got over the shock rather quickly and spread out pecking at the grass and ferociously attacking ants.
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A shakeup of the shibboleths?
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 the time of passage, appeared to be a big step forward but now as more states are making marriage legal, the push is on to join in or be left behind.
It is interesting to read the pros and cons and compare them to the hissy-fits that emerged during the Civil Union debates of yore. All the dire predictions of Vermont turning into California just never happened. Somehow those same gender couples that lived among us were remarkable just like us and the fervor died down to the plaintive bleating of a few diehards and of course the Fundies.