Bligbi » Vermont http://bligbi.com The ramblings of an atheistic mom residing in the lonestar state. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Vermont overrides Governor’s veto http://bligbi.com/2009/04/07/vermont-overrides-governors-veto/ http://bligbi.com/2009/04/07/vermont-overrides-governors-veto/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:45:33 +0000 Karen http://bligbi.com/2009/04/07/vermont-overrides-governors-veto/

Vermont has officially become the fourth state to grant equal rights to gay people .

The Legislature voted Tuesday to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the House. Under Vermont law, two-thirds of each chamber had to vote for override.

What makes this extra special is it was decided by the legislature which is a first on the issue of gay equality and the first time the Vermont legislature has overridden a veto in 20 years.

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