Posted on 06/03/2009 1:56:20 PM PDT by Havok
CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire legislators approved a measure Wednesday that would make the state the sixth to allow gay marriage, and Gov. John Lynch said he would sign it later in the afternoon. He had promised a veto if the law didn't clearly spell out that churches and religious groups would not be forced to officiate at gay marriages or provide other services. The Senate passed the measure Wednesday, and the House — where the outcome was more in doubt — followed later in the day. The House gallery erupted in cheers after the 198-176 vote. "If you have no choice as to your sex, male or female; if you have no choice as to your color; if you have no choice as to your sexual orientation; then you have to be protected and given the same opportunity for life, liberty and happiness," Rep. Anthony DiFruscia, R-Windham, said during the hourlong debate. New Hampshire's law takes effect Jan. 1. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and Iowa already allow gay marriage, though Maine opponents hope to overturn that state's law with a public vote. California briefly allowed gay marriage before a public vote banned it; a court ruling grandfathered in couples who were already married. New Hampshire opponents, mainly Republicans, objected on grounds including the fragmented process that required three bills. "It is no surprise that the Legislature finally passed the last piece to the gay marriage bill today. After all, when you take 12 votes on five iterations of the same issue, you're bound to get it passed sooner or later," said Kevin Smith, executive director of gay marriage opponent Cornerstone Policy Research. Lynch, a Democrat, personally opposes gay marriage but decided to view the issue "through a broader lens." .
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Live Fey or Die.
Don’t Wed on Me.
This should be left up to the PEOPLE, not the legislature.
Shame on the legislature and Governor.
More creeping advancement of the forces of Sodom and Gomorrah.
They want your children.
> Guess I will be moving to the midwest.
Yup. Prolly me too.
Ohio. Amish country.
Maybe South, though. Virginia, Georgia or Alabama.
We got an eye to West Virginny!
Beautiful state.
Wyoming Montana, or Idaho for me!
You are fast!
Don't worry, save the money... The Feds will rule that all states must recognize gay marriage, and then your move will have been for nothing!
The Cary Granite State
This will be happening everywhere within the next 10 years. It’s a done deal, I guarantee it. The next fight, with us losing again, will be gay adoption. This has already played out in all of europe.
We stomp on Natural Law at our national peril.
> We got an eye to West Virginny!
Isn’t that “Sheets” Byrd’s state?
I dunno ....
I want to punch this SOB for bastardizing the second sentence of our Declaration of Independence. This b@astard equates our revolution to the right to have society condone filthy, dangerous anal sex.
This guarantees defeat for any/all Dems here in NH in ‘10.
That's right. Separation of Church and State
Leviticus 20:13:
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Any questions about why the “Old Man of the Mountain” collapsed a few years ago? Neither NH nor New England have any room for real men anymore. What a disgrace!
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