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Article: Equality practice: liberal reflections on the jurisprudence of civil unions.(Vermont gay marriage case)
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- Albany Law Review
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- March 22, 2001
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THE 2000 EDWARD C. SOBOTA MEMORIAL LECTURE(*)
On April 26, 2000, Vermont's governor signed legislation recognizing civil unions between same-sex couples.(1) Under the new law, same-sex couples entering into civil unions will enjoy the same benefits and obligations that Vermont law provides for different-sex couples who enter into civil marriages. The law was a legislative response to Baker v. State,(2) a state supreme court decision interpreting the state constitution as requiring the state to equalize the benefits and obligations afforded same-sex couples and different-sex married couples.(3) The court's decision explicitly contemplated the possibility that the ...