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Vermont Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage, 26-4 

Published March 23, 2009 at 5:55 p.m.

The Vermont Senate passed the same-sex marriage bill this afternoon by a margin of 26-4 (3 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted nay). Shay Totten tweeted the debate on his iPhone, God bless him.

Click here to read his updates.

He'll have a blog post later tonight or tomorrow.

Shay reports that House Speaker Shap Smith says the House could take up the issue as early as next week.

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Cathy Resmer

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Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.

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