Opponents of same-sex marriage believe that if a Democrat-domated Statehoe uld vote gay marriage, a Republin-domated one may be able to vote out. A bill to repeal the law has the backg of some top lears the GOP-ntrolled Legislature, but rcdg rights is never easy.
Contents:
- NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE PASS GAY-MARRIAGE BILL
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS NEW HAMPSHIRE
- CORNERSTONE ACTN PH FOR REPEAL OF NH “GAY MARRIAGE” LAW
- N.H. LAWMAKERS CONSIR ROLLG BACK GAY MARRIAGE
NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE PASS GAY-MARRIAGE BILL
New Hampshire's Senate passed a bill on Wednday that would legalize same-sex marriage after an amendment was add that allows clergy to cle to marry gay upl. * nh gay marriage *
John Lynch promptly signed the legislatn, makg the state the sixth to let gay upl wed.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS NEW HAMPSHIRE
But groups that advote for gay rights, some of whom poured money to the state recent months, said the law was yet another step toward mastream Ameri acceptg same-sex marriage. Giuliano, print of the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, “our culture is movg to equaly.
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Rters) - New Hampshire’s Senate passed a bill on Wednday that would legalize same-sex marriage after an amendment was add that allows clergy to cle to marry gay Papo (R) and her partner Amber Weiss display their weddg rgs after exchangg weddg vows at Cy Hall on the first full day of legal same-sex marriag San Francis, California June 17, 2008. State where gay marriage is legal.
CORNERSTONE ACTN PH FOR REPEAL OF NH “GAY MARRIAGE” LAW
The Democrat has not dited whether he will sign or veto the bill, but has exprsed opposn to the bill passed the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ on March 26 but looked set for near certa feat the Senate before the amendment, which appeared to mollify some crics the Democratic-ntrolled last-mute chang to the legislatn would allow clergy to cle to marry homosexual upl and give upl the eedom to eher keep the words “bri” and “groom” on marriage licens, or e the word “spoe” stead.
Bee the Senate and Hoe passed separate versns, they mt rolve their differenc before the bill n go to the ernor, who 2007 signed a law regnizg same-sex civil unns, makg New Hampshire the fourth state to do has said the word marriage should be rerved for a tradnal heterosexual bill, which would take effect on January 1, also regniz out-of-state gay marriag and civil unns. The extra year allows time for a formal marriage ma big roads this month when, a sgle week, Iowa and Vermont joed Massachetts and Connecticut allowg gay upl to legally wed.
Mae’s Hoe and Senate uld vote on the measure as early as next California, gay marriage advot are hopg to overturn Proposn 8, the 2008 nstutnal amendment that banned gay marriage there, the state’s hight urt. In 2004, after Massachetts’ top urt allowed gay upl to marry, New Hampshire passed a law that would not regnize gay marriag om out of electns 2006 signaled big polil and cultural chang, givg Democrats majori both chambers of the legislature for the first time sce 1874 a state that was long a stronghold of morate Hampshire state Senator Lou D’Allandro was the only Democrat to si wh 10 Republins agast the legislatn, which would refe marriage to clu same-sex upl.
N.H. LAWMAKERS CONSIR ROLLG BACK GAY MARRIAGE
“This is a promise that is rpectful to both sis of this bate and meets our shared goal of equaly unr state law for all the people of New Hampshire, ” Reynolds Republins said discrimatn remas the bill, which Democrats said would ensure gay upl no longer received a “separate but equal” civil unn distctn.