Vermont isn't about to legalize gay marriage. That's what the state's lawmakers were insisting last week after its house of representatives passed legislation allowing "civil unions" for same-sex couples. And that's what the bill says. It specifically defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. But the list of rights the bill extends to gay partners sounds like the M word in everything but name.
Vermont's historic bill, the most sweeping gay-union legislation in the U.S., came at the direction of the state's Supreme Court, which ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to equal rights. The state senate...
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