Civil Rights Laws in Vermont.

Vermont's employment-discrimination statute. Covers race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical/mental condition, crime-victim status, and HIV status. Unlike Title VII, applies to employers with one or more employees.

Vermont's public-accommodations nondiscrimination statute — prohibiting discrimination by places of public accommodation on substantially parallel protected characteristics.

The 1777 Common Benefits Clause — the Vermont Supreme Court's basis in Baker v. State (1999) for requiring equal benefits to same-sex couples, leading to the 2000 civil-union statute and the 2009 marriage-equality law.