Ben and Jerry's Hubby Hubby ice cream, renamed to celebrate the legalisation of gay marriage in Vermont. Photograph: Ben and Jerry's.

Ben and Jerry ' s的‘老公老公’款冰淇淋是为庆祝同性婚姻在佛蒙特州合法化而改名的。

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If the bill became law, New York would follow Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and Iowa in legalizing gay marriage.

如果该法案得到通过成为法律，纽约州将成为继康涅狄格州、马萨诸塞州、缅因州、佛蒙特州和衣阿华州之后又一个承认同性婚姻合法的州。

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But the year that gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts, the number of couples getting civil unions in Vermont dropped by half.

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Yes, as Vermont's governor he signed the most liberal gay-marriage bill in the country, but he supports gun rights and the death penalty.

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