Out in the Mountains

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Pamela Gale

    

   
      

Civil Rights Bill Signed

Continued from page I

handed the pen used to sign the bill to
Keith Goslant of whom Senator Wolk
said, “Keith probably had a better at-
tendance record than some of the mem-
bers” (of the Legislature).

Even after the final vote, supporters
found it hard to believe the bill was re-
ality. Passed relatively easily in the Sen-
ate by a vote of 20-9, the bill faced an
uphill fight in the House. Among the
hurdles were language changes, in-
cluding a controversial addition to ex-
clude automatic coverage of domestic
partners by Ruth Stokes (also a member
of the Board of Trustees at UVM); and
fierce lobbying by fundamentalist
groups, including Palm Sunday sermons
chastising several representatives. A last
minute effort to kill it through re-
consideration failed on a vote of 80 to

67, a wider margin than the bill itself re-
ceived.

After the signing, supporters, still some-
what in awe that it really was true, greet-
ed one another with the words, “I-Ii cit-
izen,” a reference the feeling expressed
by many during the course of the fight
that they did not feel like real citizens of
the state since they lacked the legal pro-
tections and rights of other citizens.

S-131 takes effect on July 1, 1992. For
more on the bill see Susan Sussman’s ar-
ticle, “What to Do Next: Enforcement of
the Anti-Discrimination Bill” on page 10
and Ron Squires’ testimony reprinted on
page 4. V

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