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Civil Unions
VT first state to have civil unions (2000) – the senate had a hard time deciding what to call a bill that would allow same-sex couples to have marriage-like rights. Governor Howard Dean said he would veto any legislation that had word “marriage” in it. Senate decided on civil unions. This radical movement caused much controversy throughout the state, although the bill was passed as An Act Relating to Civil Unions in the Spring of 2000.