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Helen Brotemarkle br> Surprise, Arizona /p> p> A VERMONT FAMILY AFFAIR br> Re: W. James Antle III's Uncivil Unions : /p> p>In 1984, as a Vermont state rep, sitting in the House during debate, I introduced an amendment to a Parental Notification Bill, stating in part "family of the minor...." A Republican Representative (female, nameless for this letter) stood up and opposed the amendment stating that there were many definitions to the term "family." In other words, the accepted legal definition (blood relations, marriage) was no longer valid in this person's eyes. The change had already started. The State Supreme Court decision (Baker et al) stated in it's preamble that marriage was between a man and woman but that a parallel right had to be given to homosexuals (which was contrary to the Vermont Constitution, BTW) concerning "marriage." The Civil Union bill was merely a carbon copy of the Vermont Marriage Statutes with the word spouse in place of any reference to man and wife. All these changes were in place years before the Baker ruling and sad to say were driven by a Republican majority in the Vermont legislature. We see now the damage this moral cancer is causing. br> -- Pete Chagnon /p> p> Unless my geography is terribly flawed, a "small Vermont town located 15 miles WEST of the New York border" would put this couple somewhere in OHIO. But then again, Vermont, Ohio, New York, what's the difference. Liberalism is liberalism no matter the state it's in. And the state it's in now is just becoming more confused and just as hard on children. br> --

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