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'''Vermont''' is located in the [[New England]] region of the Northeastern part of the [[United States]] and on March 4, 1791, became  the fourteenth state to enter into the Union. Its name comes from the French term for 'Green Mountain.'  The capital of Vermont is [[Montpelier]] and its largest city is Burlington. The current governor of Vermont is Peter Shumlin, a [[Democrat]].

'''Vermont''' is located in the [[New England]] region of the Northeastern part of the [[United States]] and on March 4, 1791, became  the fourteenth state to enter into the Union. Its name comes from the French term for 'Green Mountain.'  The capital of Vermont is [[Montpelier]] and its largest city is Burlington. The current governor of Vermont is Peter Shumlin, a [[Democrat]].

Vermont is notorious as one of the most [[liberal]] states in the union. Its junior senator, [[Bernie Sanders]] describes himself as a democratic [[socialist]] and is a leading proponent of [[Obamacare]]. In 2000, the state started offering [[civil union]]s, similar to [[same sex marriage]]. On April 7, 2009, legislators overrode the governor's veto of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Vermont.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/recognition-of-gay-unions-in-vermont]</ref> It is the home of [[Ben and Jerry's]] ice cream, a company given to supporting many liberal causes.

Vermont is notorious as one of the most [[liberal]] states in the union. Its junior senator, [[Bernie Sanders]] describes himself as a democratic [[socialist]] and is a leading proponent of [[Obamacare]]. In 2000, the state started offering [[civil union]]s, similar to [[same sex marriage]]. On April 7, 2009, legislators overrode the governor's veto of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Vermont.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/recognition-of-gay-unions-in-vermont]</ref> It is the home of [[Ben and Jerry's]] Ice Cream, head- quartered in South Burlington who supports many liberal causes, ex. convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal (b. Wesley Cook) but also was/is the home of at least conservative-associated people like [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian emigre from the former [[USSR]]

and author of ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]'' who lived in Cavendish from 1976-1994 and the [[Von Trapps]] from [[Austria]], who moved to Stowe in 1942, almost four years after escaping from the Nazi takeover of their native country.

The state Constitution of Vermont, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:

The state Constitution of Vermont, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says: