Vermont
Blog Posts Related to Vermont
Culhane: Should we hate civil unions, or love them?
John Culhane on civil unions: "...[they] may well have been – and may, in some states, even continue to be – politically necessary compromises, way stations of a sort on the route to full marriage equality. But we should continue to point out that there’s plenty in a name."
Voice for Equality: Scott Stringer
Scott Stringer is a New York Democratic politician and the current Borough President of Manhattan. In 2005, he entered the race to succeed C. Virginia Fields as Manhattan Borough President. On September 13, 2005, he won the Democratic primary against 9 other candidates and was later elected in the November general election. He took office as Borough President on January 1, 2006.
In July of 2010, Mr. Stringer and his fiancée, Elyse Buxbaum, announced they would wed in Connecticut in what they described as a protest of New York’s failure to legalize the freedom to marry.
Looking back after a decade of Vermont civil unions
A decade after Vermont's first civil unions, it and four other states—Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Iowa, as well as the District of Columbia—have instituted full marriage for same-sex couples, and a Burlington couple say many people view their relationship as "ho-hum."
Resources Related to Vermont
Study says Marriage Equality Good for Vermont Economy
Study predicts that marriage equality in Vermont will have a positive impact on the state economy, generating $31 million in new spending over the next three years
Vermont Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Vermont.
Report of the Vermont Commission on Family Recognition and Protection
The Vermont Commission on Family Recognition and Protection found that civil unions do not provide the fairness and equality they were intended to offer same-sex couples and their families.



