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    U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, voted for DOMA 16 years ago, said earlier this year that he regrets the vote. "We don't need it now because we demonstrated the states can make up their own mind ... California voted no. Vermont voted yes." Robinson said she is hopeful that the DOMA repeal will find support in Congress, but she says the priority for gay and lesbian activists at the moment is passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which would make it illegal to discriminate against employees who are gay, lesbian or transgender (the bill includes an exemption for religious organizations). Full Article at Rutland Herald
    We don't need it now because we demonstrated the states can make up their own mind ... California voted no. Vermont voted yes.
    Patrick Leahy – Patrick Leahy SOURCE: Rutland Herald 2 months ago
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Welch supports repeal of marriage act
  1. We expect hearings to begin in the next few weeks ... That's a bill that we think can be passed this year.
    SOURCE: Rutland Herald 2 months ago
  2. These are protections that have been denied same-sex couples … protections that heterosexual couples have enjoyed
    SOURCE: Rutland Herald 2 months ago
  3. It's a matter of fairness ... Vermonters have decided that gay and lesbians in the state have the right to get married. There are 1,800 couples in Vermont with civil unions and they deserve the full rights that other couples have.
    Peter Welch – Peter Welch SOURCE: Rutland Herald 2 months ago
  4. Repealing DOMA will put us back on the track that we were on for hundreds of years
    SOURCE: Rutland Herald 2 months ago

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