Wyatt earp
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How stupid, what is this going to do about racism?
And in Lilly white ass liberal Vermont?
Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery clears committee - VTDigger
The Senate Government Operations Committee unanimously approved a proposition Friday that would amend the Vermont Constitution to state that slavery and indentured servitude are “in any form, prohibited.”
Slavery was already illegal under the document, but the new language makes clear that it is prohibited regardless of a person’s age, not just for those over 21, and that indentured servitude is always illegal, with a person’s debts or consent having no bearing on the practice.
Sally May, a pastor in Colchester, said her passion on the issue stemmed from listening to her black husband and black children speak about their experience of being people of color in Vermont and the racism they’ve been confronted with.
And in Lilly white ass liberal Vermont?
Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery clears committee - VTDigger
The Senate Government Operations Committee unanimously approved a proposition Friday that would amend the Vermont Constitution to state that slavery and indentured servitude are “in any form, prohibited.”
Slavery was already illegal under the document, but the new language makes clear that it is prohibited regardless of a person’s age, not just for those over 21, and that indentured servitude is always illegal, with a person’s debts or consent having no bearing on the practice.