In spite of a governor veto, the state of Vermont has approved gay marriage! The vote in the Senate wasn't even close (23-5). However, the vote in the House kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
When the House first approved it last week it was with 95 voting for it (52 against). But 2/3 or 100 votes are needed to override the governor. The override vote came with exactly 100 votes in favor.
Not only is Vermont the 4th state to approve gay marriage it is the first to do it through the legislature rather than through the courts. This comes only 9 years after Vermont led the nation by legalizing civil unions.
The governor said he vetoed it because it wouldn't change the situation of gay couples. The state civil union law gave the same amount of protection and did nothing for gay couples at the federal level.
Conservative columnist Cal Thomas is annoyed with the situation in Iowa and Vermont, but his comments do have a positive slant. First he says that if we want to deal with a bigger threat to moral underpinning we should do something about the high rate of divorce. Then he admits, "The battle over same-sex marriage is on its way to being lost."
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