MONTPELIER – Legislative hearings on legalizing same-sex marriage began quietly in a small meeting room at the Statehouse on Monday as a crowd of opposition roared across the hall.
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from nearly a dozen witnesses as they began the process of voting on a bill that would take Vermont one step further from its landmark 2000 civil union law.
“A lot of work has happened in the last eight-and-a-half years,” Little said. “If the members of the General Assembly are diligent in their work, they can make an informed decision.”
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