As of midnight this morning, same-sex couples are able to get married in Vermont! And to commemorate the occasion, the Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's has renamed their "Chubby Hubby" ice cream to "Hubby Hubby"!
Official Press Release from Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry's Hubby Hubby flavor page
(and from SFGate.com)
Ben & Jerry's goes Hubby Hubby for Vermont weddings
"While activists are still hard at work on repealing Prop 8 and marriage equality, wedding bells clanged for same-sex unions for the first time in Vermont today.Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=46663#ixzz0PuQzMNLa
Vermont, home to maple syrup and birthplace of that other magic elixir, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, ignored the "who will change his name" debate, and just went ahead and did it. The artist (ice cream so good it's art) formerly known as the flavor "Chubby Hubby" has a new married name: "Hubby Hubby," in support of all the newly married couples.
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Yay!
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