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Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles *
**[li] Civil Unions weren’t repealed yesterday. Granted, they really couldn’t do anything about it, really, but there was a push to try, and it was defeated. Come to Vermont, buy our silly Maple candy, and marry your true love, whoever they are!!![] I discussed The Sorrow and the Pity with Jon Fishman at the video store I work at two days ago. Where else can you have a polite, intelligent coversation with a member of the touring band with arguably the largest following in the world in his home town, and not be accosted by fans?[*] Lilacs are out, and I just took a walk to the corner store for dish detergant. It’s been raining, and everything smelled of rain and lilac.**[/li][/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, the house did vote to repeal Civil Unions. It seems unlikely to become law, though, because the Senate has been very vocal in opposition. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committe has said that it won’t even be taken up this year or next year, as it’s viewed as not necessary.
It still makes me sad, though, that I work 300 feet away from a bunch of people, the majority of which have as much as said “So what if you’ve been with your girlfriend for nine years. So what if you went to get a civil union certificate on the first day they were offered? We don’t think that you qualify as married. We don’t think that you should be recognized as such.” 
I love the lilacs. They’re my favorite flower. I picked a bouquet on the way into work this morning, still covered with night rain, and they’re sitting on my desk now. Ah…
breathe the spring in… 