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Temp in the Senate. The leader in either
chamber will then appoint Chairs and make
committee assignments.

The traditional response to the anti-
discrimination bill has been committee
debate, a public hearing, a committee hear-
ing, committee amendments (if any), a
committee vote, and then a vote by the full
chamber. Debate is usually emotional, at
times hostile. If the bill passes in either
chamber, it is then sent on to the other,
where the process starts all over again. It
seems like a long process, but our rights are
worth it.

As in previous years, the Vermont
chapter of the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) has made a commitment to
be a lead supporter of the anti-discrimina-
tion bill. During previous sessions, their
assistance has helped to pass the HIV anti-
discrimination bill and the HIV and Insur-
ance bill. They have also helped to secure
committee hearings and support within the
legislature.

As a community, we have made sig-
nifrcant gains with our political visibility
and activism. We need the continued advo-
cacy and voices of all gays, lesbians, and
bisexuals in the state to ensure that full and
equal civil rights become a reality for all
Vermonters.

Concordia Includes Gays
and Lesbians in Benefits

After more than two years of lobbying
efforts by gay and lesbian staff and faculty,
Concordia University in Montreal has ex-
tended its insurance and pension benefits to
include same-sex partners. Efforts are cur-
rently underway to develop such a plan at
the University of Vermont in Burlington.

Concordia's revised policy takes into
account supplemental health insurance,
dependent life insurance, accidental death
and dismemberment insurance, and pen-
sion benefits.

Concordia joins a number of other
Canadian colleges and universities which
have enacted similar same-sex benefits
policies. Studies have indicated that the
extension of coverage need not affect the
premiums being paid by the institution or
its employees.

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