Legalizing gay marriage

1. Vermont : a preview of America's war over same-sex civil marriage

2. Baker decision ; a legitimate exercise in constitutional adjudication

3. Backlash against gays and lesbians : a despised minority in Vermont

4. Vermont's "third way" : enacting civil unions as an alternative to civil marriage

5. choice : what's wrong with Vermont's civil marriage substitute

6. Conclusion : three years after

App. Vermont Supreme Court decision for Baker v. state.