A Republican said this, and he died today.

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Ok, it's true, I'm trying to get a little love going for Senator Stafford who I really admired. A post on his death has sunk like a stone, and most of the posts on it are mine anyway. But the thing is, he was a remarkably good man.

Here's what he said in 2000 when the aftermath of the enacting of civil unions was truly wreaking havoc in Vermont:


"I consider that love is one of the great forces in our society and especially in our state of Vermont," Stafford said days before the election. "It occurs to me that even if a same-sex couple unites in love, what harm does that do anybody or any society? So I felt compelled to come here and say that."

It still brings tears to my eyes that this aged man who very rarely addressed the public after his retirement in 1989, ralllied himself to address Vermonters on this.