VERMONT DEMS REGAIN LEGISLATURE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE CIVIL UNIONS: From the Associated Press
Democrats who were swept from power four years ago in a backlash over enacting the first-in-the-nation civil unions law for gay and lesbian couples triumphantly reclaimed their majority in the House on Wednesday, along with a bigger majority in the Senate. ...
Lawmakers and political observers widely believe Democrats won their majority in large measure because voters have become more comfortable with the notion of civil unions, which grants same-sex couples all of the rights, responsibilities and benefits of marriage -- but the name. They also believe anger over an education funding law enacted three years before civil unions has faded. ...
What these new majorities are unlikely to tackle again, at least in their current two-year term, is gay marriage. Advocates would like to see civil unions amended to become marriage, just as has happened in neighboring Massachusetts. But most lawmakers say they're unwilling to take on such an emotional issue again, especially in a year where the budget is so pressed by funding shortfalls in such programs as Medicaid.
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