Hmmm...in Vermont, which has civil unions, gay issues aren't even a factor anymore. In fact, Vermonters are actually comfortable with the concept. And, Democrats are winning there and now control the State Legislature, the Associated Press is reporting:
The Democrats triumphantly reclaimed control of the Vermont House on Wednesday, four years after they were swept from power in a backlash against the state's first-in-the-nation law creating civil unions for gay couples.
Lawmakers and political observers said Vermont's voters have become more comfortable with the notion of civil unions, which grant gay couples nearly all the rights and responsibilities of marriage. They also said anger over an education funding law enacted three years before civil unions appears to have faded.
Longtime lobbyist Steve Kimbell, who represented advocates of civil unions, said the 2000 civil unions law and the education measure had upset the "natural balance of power" in the Legislature - a solid Democratic majority in both the House and Senate.
