Vermont Becomes Second State in One Week to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
Vermont became the second state in one week to legalize same-sex marriage after its Legislature voted to override Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto of a bill allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Nine years ago, Vermont became the first state to allow civil unions. Now it is the fourth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage, along with Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa. (Not counting California, which has problems.)
The Iowa Supreme Court on April 3 ruled a 1998 state defining marriage between one man and one woman unconstitutional, paving the way for same-sex marriages in Iowa.