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Vermont Debuts 'Hubby Hubby' . . . And Marriage Equality

By firstamendmentblogger

Beginning today, same sex couples can marry in Vermont and to celebrate, during the month of September, Ben & Jerry's will be selling pints of their enormously popular "Chubby Hubby" under its new name "Hubby Hubby."

From the website:

In partnership with Freedom to Marry we are gathered here to celebrate Vermont and all the other great states where loving couples of all kinds are free to marry legally. We have ceremoniously dubbed our iconic flavor, Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby in support, and to raise awareness of the importance of marriage equality.

And from the press release:

Ben & Jerry?s has a long history of commitment to social justice, including gay rights. Its partnership with Freedom to Marry, a national leader in the movement for marriage equality, aims to raise awareness of the importance of marriage equality and to encourage other states to follow the blazing trails of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Maine. Freedom to Marry promotes the national conversation about why marriage equality matters and brings together partner organizations into a larger whole ? a shared civil rights campaign.

Kathleen Bergin

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).