While the freedom to marry for love had become socially acceptable, divorce was not. As in marriage, couples had to get the permission of authorities before they could divorce.

在过去，自由恋爱结婚虽然已经为社会所接受，而离婚则不然。夫妻双方需要得到单位的批准才能离婚。

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Young people chase for freedom and they want to find the right one, not just marry for having birth of the next generation.

年轻人追逐自由，他们想要找到合适的那个，而不仅仅是为了生育下一代而结婚。

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They were couples in love who couldn't marry, soldiers who fought for freedom abroad that they found denied to them at home.

他们是热恋的情侣，却无法成婚。他们是在国外为自由而战的军人，却在家乡遭到否定。

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Beth Robinson, a lawyer with the advocacy group Vermont Freedom to Marry, agreed.

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Meanwhile, the Cote-Whitacres and Vermont Freedom to Marry have launched a television advertising campaign to promote the bill.

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