Civil unions grew out of a lawsuit filed by three gay and lesbian couples in 1999 who had been denied marriage licenses in Vermont. It would take until 2009 for the state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Bernie Sanders has broken his silence on whether he would run for president in 2028 in a new Joe Rogan interview. Almost six years after his first appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience during his 2020 election campaign, the 83-year-old Vermont Senator sat down with the podcasting behemoth in his Austin, Texas, studio on Tuesday.