Same-Sex Unions Begin in Vermont

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=8459174

After 17 years together, Bill Slimback and Bob Sullivan couldn't wait another minute to get married. So they didn't.

With Vermont's new law allowing same-sex marriage only a minute old, they tied the knot in a midnight ceremony at a rustic Vermont lodge, becoming one of the first couples to legally wed under a law that took effect at midnight Tuesday.

Dressed in suits, saying their vows under a large wall-mounted moose head, the two Whitehall, N.Y., men promised their love, exchanged rings and held hands during a modest 17-minute ceremony. Moose Meadow Lodge co-owner Greg Trulson, who's also a Justice of the Peace, presided.

"It feels wonderful," said Slimback, 38, an out-of-work Teamster who is taking Sullivan's last name as his own. "It's a day I've been long waiting for, and a day I truly honestly thought would never come."

"saving marriage" can be accomplished by letting people who are in love get married.

I don't see either a spontanious hurricane, a sudden massive tornado, or an earthquake hitting Vermont.

Hmph.


Imagine that.

began in the formal sense nine years ago...informally a lot longer ago than that.

What just began is marriage - there is a big difference!