The Vermont House of Representatives gave FINAL approval this afternoon to S. 115, by a vote of 94-52. Two of our yes votes were absent. One representative who was absent yesterday voted yes today.
This overwhelming support for the freedom to marry shows just how far we've come.
Now if we could our Repugnican guvnuh to get on board, life would be great. But instead, we will have to deal with his veto.Vermont is being left in the dust all because of Jim Douglas. It's pitiful.
And here's the twisted logic of some opponents:
Rep. Duncan Kilmartin, R-Newport, was one of the Republicans steadfast in their opposition Thursday night. He said same-sex marriage runs counter to 5,000 years of history and tradition.
"The wellspring of our civil rights comes from Jesus Christ dying on the cross," he said.
HUH???????????
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Light one in your heart.... click on the photo to see a short video of burning velas.
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“The Windsor report. It’s just a report. When did it become like the Bible? The Covenant. Why do we need another Covenant? We have the Baptismal Covenant. We have the Creeds. What else do we need?” Bishop Martín Barahona, former Primate of la Iglesia de la Región de Central América and Bishop of the Iglesia Anglicana Episcopal de El Salvador
About Me
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- I am a life-long Episcopalian, who has been ordained since 1993. I was rector of a family-size congregation from 1994-2008 and and ended three years as priest in partnership at a pastoral-size congregation in Vermont's fourth-largest city (Rutland) in 2011. Now I am vicar of a tiny congregation in the Green Mountains of Vermont. I am involved in church governance at the diocesan, church-wide and international Anglican levels. I was a member of a CREDO faculty team working with the clergy and lay leaders of l'Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti. I also try to go to El Salvador a few times a year and am officially Canon Missioner of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador (since 2004). In 2007, I finished the 1570 km Chemin de Saint Jacques/Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I greatly enjoy hiking in the Vermont Greens and NH Whites and reflect on those hikes. In 2010 I also completed walking the 273 mile-long Long Trail in the Green Mountains of Vermont... maybe next the Appalachian Trail? Lastly but most important, I am a cat-fanatic. (N.B. Whatever I post here does not reflect either the opinions of my congregation or of The Episcopal Church but merely those of an individual.)
Inspiration Pilgrimage
Photos and description of the Camino de Santiago/Chemin de Saint Jaques
la prêtre branchée
You said what???
Cats for Obama
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Life in Vermont
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¡Gracias!, Padre Mickey
1 comment:
But you're really close to having the votes to override. On NPR they were saying that a suggestion had been made that conservatives who were on the fence might just take a walk or go out for coffee when the override vote is taken since 2/3 of those present and voting is what it required.
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