Peter Welch: “Vermont was the fourth state to pass marriage.”

“We were allowed to see what love existed between these people who got a civil union. And then a few years later, Vermont was the fourth state to pass marriage. And what Senator Offsoff was talking about is kind of a dynamic, I think, that is only cured by acceptance. None of us know what shoes each of us walks in.” (01:19–01:23)

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