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Here it comes. The trolls are coming out of the closet to lament how the General Assembly, in this coming 2009 session, will not have no time to pass a law giving equal marriage rights to all Vermonters. The chorus is chiming in and the preemptive song is that the General Assembly will be legislating 24/7 and Eight.Days.A.Week to get a handle on all the policy problems -- social, fiscal, legal, economic, regulatory,environmental, health care, educational etc. ad nauseam that are gripping our State. Last I heard it was the Republicans and conservatives who tanked the economy - the same people who are so concerned (at the mention of marriage equality) that only the economy should have our attention. But does that mean that justice necessarily goes on the back burner? Here is the deal folks: One sentence of Vermont law needs to be changed. One syllable ("All those in favor . . . "AYE") needs to be uttered on the floor of the House and Senate; AND the Governor needs to take just one measly second to sign his James Douglas Hancock to the legislation. Then it's done. It's a big deal, it's important, it's a huge step, but it doesn't have to be any more complicated than that. The work is already done, we know the problem, we have the solution. Let's get it done. Say it with me -- One Sentence * One Syllable * One Second One Sentence in Title 15 of the Vermont Code to fix. Just one. One Syllable to utter. Just one. One Second to put pen to paper. Just one. That is all it will take to end marital inequality in Vermont. One Sentence * One Syllable * One Second (there' more, about how little it takes, on the flip)
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