1.   California and Hawaii have statewide domestic partnership systems, but these pale in their scope next to the new Vermont law.

2.   California and Hawaii have statewide domestic partnership systems, they said, but they pale next to what is coming in Vermont.

3.   California and Hawaii have statewide domestic partnership systems, they said, but they pale next to what is likely to come about in Vermont.

4.   Consider Rep. Steve R. Hingtgen, who has offered a compelling rationale for legal same-sex marriage instead of a domestic partnership system.

5.   This can be achieved by including gays in existing civil marriage laws or by creating a parallel domestic partnership system.

6.   A key committee of the Vermont House voted Wednesday in favor of developing a broad domestic partnership system for gay and lesbian couples instead of broadening marriage statutes.

7.   The court said the Legislature could rectify that by expanding marriage or creating a parallel domestic partnership system.

8.   This collusive partnership system is the oppressor.