Please go to the ABC poll to vote that all couples should have the same rights in every state! Also a good article on Vermont Civil Unions. The poll is kind of hidden in a box just under the second paragraph, the first "Related:"
Vermont Marks Five Years of Civil Unions
excerpt:
>Today is the fifth anniversary of former Gov. Howard Dean signing Vermont's civil union law providing gay men and lesbians with the same legal benefits and protections as married couples. Last year, Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage, and last week, Connecticut became the second state to recognize civil unions.
Perhaps the strongest measure of how far the issue has come is that civil unions, considered so radical in 2000, are now the "conservative" compromise — providing benefits but still not "real" marriage — offered by politicians grappling with similar proposals elsewhere.
At the same time, backlash continues to be harsh. Eighteen states — most recently Kansas earlier this month — have banned gay marriage in their constitutions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Residents of Alabama, South Dakota and Tennessee are set to vote on similar ballot measures in 2006, and other states are working toward doing the same. <
Link to article and poll:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=695367&pa... 
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