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example to break the stereotype. But
while an intimate monogamous rela-
tionship with my spouse makes me
happy, and since I desire to be happy
that is the choice I have made, I do
not assume that all couples are the
same as me and my spouse. Neither
should you.

Joseph F. Watson
Leicester

You're right, it was an inaccurate
choice. I meant to convey that a per-
son could not legally be in more than
one civil union or marriage at the
same time. — EB

A Welcome Welcome

Ijust wanted to say hello to you in
your new capacity as editor.

Your March editorial was
great. You asked the crucial question
for any queer publication or organi-
zation at this point in time -- what
happens when the oppression that to
a large part defines us begins to
diminish?

I guess we'll find out.
OITM is lucky to have you.

Alison Bechdel
J onesville

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To The Governor

ear Howard,

Sorry to bother you. I know you
are busy. I just wanted you to know
that the Putney Town Report came in.
It lists 85 Civil Unions through our
town clerk from October 2000
through December»200l. We still
don’t have any locusts, famine, earth-
quakes, plague, cross-burnings, or
dying sugarbushes. Seems God con-
tinues to smile on us as we enjoy the
fruits of hard work and good commu-
nity. I mean for the most part there
seems to be enough food and shelter
to go around, mainly.

Of the 85 Civil Unions list-
ed, only two couples are listed as
Putney residents. The rest are from
away — one couple from Louisiana,
two from Arizona, three from
Florida, and six from California.
There was one couple from Alberta,
Canada, and one from Midland,
Texas — God bless ’em. It sort of
reminds me of Vermont’s history
with the Underground Railroad.
People treated unfairly from so many
other places came here on their way
to freedom. I am proud to see the tra-
dition continue. And I am grateful to
you for helping to make it happen. I
know principles can be hard to come
by in government. I am glad yours
were showing so clearly on this.

    
 

If you do run for president
of the country, I will vote for you.
Not because I agree with everything
you’ve done. I don’t. But I think you
could giye the White House some-
thing it hasn’t had in years: a hard
worker who hasn’t had everything
handed to him from the country club
set and a good looking guy who
keeps it in his pants. Imagine what a
nice change it would’ be to have
someone up there we knew well
enough to know when he was lying.
That would be refreshing and make
me think democracy was still possi-
ble. '

If you do get to the White
House. I’d like you to save a night
sometime when the shadow govern-
ment could hold down the fort and
you didn’t have to stay in the situa-
tion room keeping score on some war
where women and children were
bombed into nothing. My husband.
Marshall Brewer, and I would like to
take you and your wife out to a nice
little Italian restaurant on 18th St. we
know. I think you’d like it. And God
knows, you’d need a break from all
the flatlanders asking you about the
best places for skiing back home.

Thank you for all your good work.

Sincerely,
John Calvi
Putney

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