With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". to a civil divorce for married couples.” Id. Thus, for purposes of legal benefits and responsibilities, the Vermont civil union is in many ways “treated as a marriage.” At the same time, it is clear that a Vermont civil union is not the equivalent of a marriage. The Vermont Legislature chose to create a “hybrid creature” that is something less than the full-scale legal marriage that is granted to opposite-sex couples. The legislature expressly clarified, in the civil union statute itself, that “marriage” was limited to one man and one woman. Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, § 1201(4). The legislative findings accompanying the Vermont statute noted that “ ‘a system of civil unions does not bestow the status of civil marriage.’ ” See Burns v. Burns, 253 Ga.App. 600, 560 S.E.2d 47, 48 (2002) (<HOLDING>) (quoting 2000 Vt. Act 91, § 1(10)); see also

A: holding union members state law claims for defamation against union preempted
B: recognizing that basis for deportation was aliens misrepresentation about his marriage not the validity of his marriage
C: recognizing that union members interests are adequately represented by the union
D: holding that a vermont civil union is not the equivalent of a marriage
D.