Marriage
Vermont legalized same-sex marriage effective September 1, 2009. Civil unions entered into prior to September 1 will continue to be recognized as civil unions. Couples currently in a civil union who want to be married will need to go through the new marriage process.
Read more about this topic: Baker V. Vermont
Famous quotes containing the word marriage:
“Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)
“the marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor’s knot.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)