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2010.11.16Description
Vermont Freedom to Marry pin. Yellow background with green lettering. Outline of the State of Vermont with "Vermont Freedom to Marry" beside it and printed below: "From legal rights/ to EQUAL rights". Identical to 2010.ll.17Context
Vermont Freedom to Marry was the nonprofit, all-volunteer resource for marriage equality in Vermont that spearheaded the successful effort to secure the freedom to marry for the state’s same-sex couples.
Source for history below as of 3/24/2021 (https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Freedom+to+Marry+vermont )
"The Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force formed in 1996 with the mission of achieving civil marriage equality in Vermont. At the time, marriage equality did not exist in any nation in the world, and the concept of same-sex couples having the freedom to marry was foreign to many.
In the 20 years between VFMTF’s formation and the momentous U.S. Supreme Court decision that led to nationwide marriage equality, Vermont milestones marked the progress of the marriage-equality movement. Those milestones include the landmark 1999 Vermont Supreme Court Baker v. Vermont ruling, which found that same-sex couples in the state were entitled to the same benefits and protections as opposite-sex couples; the 2000 civil union legislation that was the first of its kind in the U.S.; and the 2009 override of Governor Douglas’s veto of the marriage bill, making Vermont the first state to successfully enact marriage equality via the legislative process."Acquisition
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Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force