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Senator Geoge D Aiken and the 1964 Civil Rights Bill
While I respect Rep. Steve Vaillancourt's intellectual abilities and his grasp of historical precedent, I feel he was in error in Wednesday's vote on gay marriage. One must be pragmatic if social progress is to be made.
I look to the late Senator George D Aiken R-Vt. of Vermont for answers. When the 1964 Civil Rights bill ran into stiff opposition. Aiken suggested that those who rent four or fewer rooms be exempt from the law (the Mrs. Murphy's boarding house exception,) His compromise allowed this landmark piece of legislation to forward.
Two steps forward, one step back...And you are still one step ahead.
The marriage equality bill falthered on the rocks of Vaillancourt's impassed speech of dissident, but by two votes. Had Vaillancourt kept to his affirmative vote instead of jumping ship, the tie would have been broken by another affirmative vote by the house speaker.
Rep. Steve Lindsey
Ches-3
Keene, NH
See: http://learn.uvm.edu/aiken/200...
