A victory for homosexuals
Vermont is not just legalise homosexual marriages. That is what state legislator was made last week by the House of Representatives passed its legislation, “civil unions for same-sex couples. And that is what the law says. Sets explicitly marriage as a union between a man and a woman. But the list of rights of accounts covers gay partners like the M-word as in any other name.
Vermont’s historic bill, most gay-flat rate of EU legislation in the USA, arrived in the direction of the Supreme Court of the State, which ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to equal rights. The Senate is scheduled for billing simple, and Governor Howard Dean praised, to sign it. This does not mean that there is not yet a fire storm of protest. Critics say such a law would destroy the foundation of marriage. And they are signs to challenge in court. But Gay celebrate what they call a symbolic victory and convenient.
The bill would support spousal rights areas covered by the law of the state - heredity, medical decisions, ensuring the protection of children and families, leave benefits. To be eligible, homosexual couples, for a license from the city-wife and their union have certified by a justice or magistrate member of the clergy. Those who should be separate database of the resolution.
It is unclear, as many morals, a chain reaction of Vermont has set in motion. Thirty states have Defense of Marriage Act expressly refusal to recognize unions also authorizes same-sex couples. But gay rights supporters believe, other countries, finally, follow Vermont’s. “People have to see,” said Peg Byron of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, “that the sky has not rained, if in Vermont this way, families are respected.”
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