Vermont Democrats Vote In Gay Marriage

Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize homosexual marriage -- and the first to do so with a legislature's vote. The state's Democrats voted Tuesday to override Republican Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill allowing homosexuals to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the House. (Only six House Republicans joined the Democrat led effort.) Under Vermont law, two-thirds of each chamber had to vote for override, so it passed by just one vote. The vote came nine years after Vermont adopted its first-in-the-nation civil unions law. See Chick's SIN CITY.