Same-sex marriages begin in Vermont

[usregimechange]

DUXBURY, Vt. – 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 lodge, becoming one of the first couples to legally wed under a law that took effect at midnight Monday.

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."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage


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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. That's so sweet!

[joeybee12]

2. All I gotta say is....

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Divine Discontent]

3. God bless their marriage, and all the other GLBT people who get married along with the

Straight couples from here on out!

This is WONDERFUL news!

Notice how we're getting an increase in loony rightwingers acting out the more the country goes progressive??? They're scared about their tiny world caving in on them! Ignorance is ugly.

[asdjrocky]

4. I don't get to see stuff on DU that makes me smile nearly often enough.

This did it! Good on them.

[skier_]

5. That's wonderful

so many relationships don't make it to 17 years. Nice to hear about a happy couple.

[tblue]

6. Gives me chills! Oh happy day!

[JonQ]

7. Let's see if the earth swallows up the entire state

or it is destroyed by lightening bolts from heaven.

If so, whoops, we won't do that again.

If not then we could put some fears to rest.