Through this law, Vermont becomes a pioneer for families and equality,

We've seen a steady improvement in the number of people who support marriage equality for same-sex couples.

This is exactly what the right wing is afraid of. People have had a year of legal marriage in Massachusetts to see how ending marriage discrimination helps gay and lesbian families and hurts no one.

Gay people want the freedom to marry for the same reasons non-gay people do.

There's never before been a chance in North America for businesses and states and others to grapple with the reality of a married couple before them who happened to be gay, and are we going to honor them or are we going to disrespect them? ... Freedom to Marry.

[The questionnaire itself is] inconsistent and elliptical, ... In some ways, the most positive aspect is that she filled it out.