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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Edited to add, what SAM said about incidents, unless the VT courts said that because of language in the VT constitution, same-sex couples got all the incidents of marriage but couldn't actually be joined in a marriage.
Also edited to ask what's STP? Motor oil? Stone Temple Pilots?
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VT said our equal protection requires state to offer gay marriage or an equivalent form extending benefits/rights/obligations of marraige to gay couples. Legislature opted for civil unions. If "incidents of marriage" were not included, then this amendment would not prevent another state court from doing teh same thing, and preventing state courts, as opposed to legislatures, to allowing civil unions, is one of the stated goals.
