Vermont says -˜yes’

Vermont says -˜yes’

Vermont has become the fourth US state to legalise same-sex marriage, joining Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa.

The state’s legislature voted for a same-sex marriage bill last week but were four votes short of the majority need to override a gubernatorial veto. Republican governor Jim Douglas vetoed the bill on Monday.

On Tuesday several members of the legislature who had originally voted against the bill changed their votes, thus providing the majority needed to override the governor’s veto. Under Vermont law, two-thirds of each chamber must vote for an override.

In the nation’s capital, Washington DC’s council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages performed in other states.

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