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September traditionally brings the start of a new school year, football season in earnest (not counting pre-season) and the impending seasonal change from summer to autumn. Tradition is good and the natural change of seasons is equally beneficial. But the same cannot be said for some political events. Conservative principles foster tradition and values as time-tested and worthwhile as other classics. Not so much with tradition are the liberals. Which brings us to the September story from Vermont. It renders a new definition to their state motto of ‘freedom and unity’.

Vermont authorized gay marriage earlier this year after state lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto. It was the first state to approve gay marriage through legislation and not a court ruling.

If Vermont has been bored and feeling the need for publicity perhaps they could have chosen the task of finding an inexpensive way to put humans on Mars. After all, the winds of change have public sentiment for space exploration retreating as well as the money to fund it. And since the Messiah now residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in DC doesn’t have room in his radical agenda for radical ideas involving space travel, Vermont could have helped out on this one. Instead they chose other topics to achieve their firsts. But now they’re being redundant.

The vote, nine years after Vermont was first in the United States to adopt a same-sex civil-union law, also makes the tiny state of 624,000 people the first in the nation to introduce gay marriage through legislative action instead of the courts.

But the best part of this legislative travesty mounted (pun intended) by the liberals is the viewpoint expressed by one liberal who demonstrates her stupidity by having her words be published in a Reuters’ report on this madness.

“We’ve shown that truth and fairness and justice and love are more powerful than one man’s veto pen,” same-sex marriage advocate Beth Robinson said to cheers from supporters in the state capital of Montpelier after Vermont’s House of Representatives passed the bill by a 100-49 vote.

No, Beth, what you’re doing with this legislation blurs the difference between right and wrong for the uninformed. Those who are easily swayed and manipulated assume public servants advance the public good. They are unaware of the liberal majority in the Vermont legislature and their inability to reject any proposal from the far left kook fringe. The Republican Governor of the State of Vermont is the only good part of this story.

Governor Jim Douglas has a long and impressive resume’ in public service. He has won elections by large margins. He has won re-election. He has suffered defeats along the way but they are rare. Such is the case with his veto being overridden by the Vermont legislature on the issue of same sex marriage.

MONTPELIER — For three terms, Republican Gov. Jim Douglas could block what he considered legislative excesses — and he did with 18 vetoes that lawmakers, for the most part, didn’t try to override.

Republican Gov. Jim Douglas’ decision to step down after this term dramatically changes the contours of the Vermont electoral landscape in 2010.

Maybe Jim Douglas will take another run at the US Senate. Maybe he has had enough and will retire from politics. Maybe he is planning a run for 2012. It appears he would be an asset wherever he goes and his conservative principles would be welcomed by many. Both major parties endorsed him for State Treasurer. So at least when its not a political office per se, no one seems to have a bad opinion of him. We need more like him.

The same cannot be said for states passing same sex marriage measures. If memory serves, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and Iowa have laws allowing same sex marriage. Fine. Stop there. As a peace offering to those of us opposed to same sex marriage, these four states should be approved as storage facilities for nuclear waste. Over time that would take care of two problems simultaneously.

Stanford Matthews
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