Comments on: Vermont Governor Opposes Gay Marriage

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:45:24 +0000

I can’t help feeling he’s gay. I know that’s a knee jerk reaction to his politics. But I just get the gut feeling that Jim Douglas is gay. Can’t you picture him in a bathhouse with nothing but a towel on?

By: GayBobVT

GayBobVT — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:13:12 +0000

I have shaken his hand a few times and he has the limpest wrist… not that there’s anything wrong with that.

By: Walter Martin

Walter Martin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:06:51 +0000

Look at the mug on this hump.He’s a flamer.

By: Sebbe

Sebbe — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:39:08 +0000

@vermonter – Love it!!!

By: GayBobVT

GayBobVT — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:13:10 +0000

Douglas just got elected to his fourth 2-year term. Many are thinking he’s getting ready to move on, sensing that the electorate might be ready to move on to someone else. So, rather than give the right a rallying call, thus splitting the party at the next election, he’ll let the bill go into effect claiming his hands are tied.

By: vermonter

vermonter — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:52:24 +0000

When those take back Vermont signs started going up we put a big sign on our barn to: “Take Vermont From Behind”.

By: Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:42:11 +0000

I love these “take back” campaigns. Talk about appealing to the ignorant. As if there weren’t already Native Americans here. As if Gay people didn’t exist before now. As if Christians, however benevolent or not, majority or not “own” the country. PUKE.

By: just bill

just bill — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:58:33 +0000

someone should ask the governor if he would be willing to trade in his marriage license for a civil union license.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:55:17 +0000

@Runnin’: Firestorm is right. The opposition mounted signs saying “Take Back Vermont” all over the state–and it gives the “Take Back America” campaign a distinctly bitter tinge for us gay Vermont dems/libs.

By: Runnin'

Runnin' — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:23 +0000

Vermont is one of the most liberal states in the United States, how quickly many forget that it was the first state to offer significant status to homosexual couples which set off a firestorm. Douglas, in many respects, isn’t a traditional Republican as social conservatism has almost no home in New England. He can oppose it, but I doubt he would date to veto legislation making gay marriage legal – it would easily be overridden by the legislature.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:38:04 +0000

The fact that he wouldn’t say what he would do COULD be taken as a good sign . . . he doesn’t have to sign it for it to become law, he just has to NOT VETO the bill and it will passively become law without his approval. Here’s hoping. . .