Summary
[Bill Lippert] has a reason to be enthusiastic: Though the backlash against legal recognition of same-sex couples is just beginning in some states, here in Vermont it's officially over. On November 2, pro-civil-union candidates regained control of the state legislature, which they lost in the 2000 elections. "We're basically back to where we had been before," says Lippert. "To have had that successfully reversed is just thrilling to me."
Vermonters hoping to win a fight for full gay marriage in the Green Mountain State will probably have to wait a while. In Lippert's opinion, pushing for marriage now would be "politically foolish." He concedes that some within the GLBT community probably disagree with him, but he'd like to see gay-rights supporters focus on battles over environmental protection, health care and women's rights, issues their allies abandoned to fight Tor civil unions.See the full content of this document
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Taking Back Vermont
Last week voters across the country dealt a blow to supporters of gay marriage, but the day after the election, one of the architects of Vermont's civil-unions legislation...
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