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Civil Unions in Vermont: Public Reason Improvised

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2004

David Moats
David Moats
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([email protected]) is editorial page editor of the Rutland Herald in Rutland, Vermont
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On December 20, 1999, the news appeared on our computer screens at the Rutland Herald that the Vermont Supreme Court had ruled in favor of six gay and lesbian plaintiffs who had sued for the right to marry. The case was Baker v. State of Vermont, and the court's decision had immediately apparent, far-reaching political ramifications.In 2001 he won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of editorials he wrote for the Herald on the passage of legislation establishing civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. He is also the author of 11 plays.

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PERSPECTIVES
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 131 - 135
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2003 by the American Political Science Association

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