Comments on: Vermont House begins gay marriage debate

By: Bud-E

Bud-E — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:05:27 +0000

You don’t need either Person A and Person B on the Marriage Certificate …or Husband/Wife, Wife/Wife, Husband/Husband.

Our Marriage Certificate from Vancouver, B.C., Canada simply stated both of our names and then listed our gender as — Male or Female next to our date of birth — nothing more was needed.

That avoids the silly nomenclatures altogether.

By: randyl

randyl — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:15:04 +0000

I love that it allows churches to ban gay couples from using their facilities…if they were against inter-racial marriage in the sixties did they lobby for that exclusion as well??? There is the love of god for you.

By: Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:51:15 +0000

Today, SWEDEN became the 7th country to legalize gay marriage. Every win in another country shows the U.S. for the intolerant and backward country it has become.

By: Bill S.

Bill S. — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:58:28 +0000

To Phil: Wait…so when they say the amendment would preserve the words “husband” and “wife” on marriage certificates, does that mean that all marriage certificates must have a husband and a wife, even if they are the same sex? If so this is absolutely absurd and I fail to see how it makes the bill more palatable to anti-same-sex marriage people.

I’m assuming the amendment allows certificates to read “husband and husband” or “wife and “wife” instead of what California used, “Party A” and “Party B.” I prefer the terms husband/husband, wife/wife, and husband/wife personally.

By: Stuff Queer People Need To Know

Stuff Queer People Need To Know — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:37:28 +0000

It would be nice if they state legislature could override the veto. That rarely happens because a large amount of votes is needed, but if they can do it, it will really send a message.

http://stuffqueerpeopleneedtoknow.wordpress.com/

By: Larry in Iowa

Larry in Iowa — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:37:08 +0000

Either way, we’re going to keep our Vermont civil union certificate (framed in the front hall) and hopefully soon put an Iowa marriage certificate beside it. Or maybe a Vermont marriage certificate. Or a California…

By: Phil in Colorado

Phil in Colorado — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:02:03 +0000

It’s a little disheartening that they fought to keep the terms ‘husband and wife’ on the license and seemingly are just letting us ‘tag along’ on that piece of paper. But the more I thought about it, that is something that can be taken care of later. The focus now is getting that veto-proof majority and getting marriage legal in VT. Anything else will get worked out when VT gets a better governor.