| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Depriving these children of the benefits and protections available to the children of opposite-sex couples is antithetical to their welfare, as defendants do not dispute ( see e.g. Baker v State, 170 Vt 194, 219, 744 A2d 864, 882 1999] [(i)f anything, the exclusion of same-sex couples from the legal protections incident to marriage exposes their children to the precise risks that the State argues
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