Comments on: NH gay marriage ballot question thwarted

By: Kevin Fernie

Kevin Fernie — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:18:24 +0000

A little over a week after the House rejected language Gov. John Lynch had demanded, House and Senate negotiators agreed to a compromise Friday that added one sentence and changed one word in the Senate-passed bill. Negotiators planned to sign off on the final language by Monday, allowing for a vote by the full House and Senate on Wednesday.

Both chambers have approved bills to allow same-sex marriage, but Lynch said he wouldn’t sign it unless lawmakers made it clear that churches and religious groups not only would not have to officiate at a gay marriage but also would not have to provide services, facilities or goods of any kind to participants.

By: LOrion

LOrion — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:00:12 +0000

And here is video of OLSON and BOIES discussing their FEDERAL SUIT….they were on Hardball last night with CMatthews.

youtube.com/watch?v=YUlDZLZ1Gls

By: Robert, NYC

Robert, NYC — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:08:57 +0000

How about if we introduced a ballot initiatve banning religious cults meddling in the political process and while we’re at it, seek an overturn of their tax-exempt status for starters? Let them get a dose of their own hate medicine for a change. Civil rights should never be put to any form of referenda and what gives voters the right to say who gets what? This is democracy? More like mob rule to me.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:42:25 +0000

When interracial marriage was being debated at the time, were similar demands made for “protections for churches who don’t wanna marry two same-sex people”? Religion is making me progressively angrier, let me just say.

By: Jerry from Tucson

Jerry from Tucson — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:17:09 +0000

If we lose New Hampshire marriage rights, then the Democrats and gay rights supporters will be to blame. Good grief, who cares if some churches refuse to marry us. I even support the governor’s stand! The churches will, in the end, will be judged by God so let the idiots do what they want.

By: ScottNH

ScottNH — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:00:49 +0000

Pogovio: everything is happening behind closed doors in NH right now. Safe to say there is a lot of lobbying going on, but information is virtually non-existent. We need to continue sending emails and letters of support for marriage, especially to Governor Lynch. If Lynch doesn’t come on board it won’t matter what the legislature does in the next week as we don’t have the votes to override a veto. I’m cautiously optimistic things will work out…

By: Mr Burns of Nevada

Mr Burns of Nevada — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:48:05 +0000

I recently read an article about 60 pc support for SSMs in Rhode Island, however since 1997 there have been SSM bills, but it has never made it passed committee – maybe the lawmakers can think about it for a second and hopefully pass the bill into actual law. Remember the Rhode Island “sodomy law” was only repealed in 1998.

http://www.hrc.org/your_community/1760.htm

By: Steve gay activist of Vermont

Steve gay activist of Vermont — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:38:52 +0000

I have just signed a law just two days ago at 3PM. I called it the “Religious Bigot And Republican Marriage Ban Act 2009″

Section 1: “any person having a religious belief that discriminates or forces a belief on to other individual persons on the basis of sexual orientation or gender is herby banned for life from arranging, performing and getting a marriage licence themselves”.

Section 2: “any Republican party member who incites hatred, forces a belief on to other individual persons, any vilification, bigotry of any shape or form or even encourages statute or consitutional marriage bans on the basis of two people of the same-sex, but still allowing marriages between two people of the opposite-sex is hearby banned for life from arranging, performing and getting a marriage licence themselves”.

* Signed and Filed on 27 May 2009;
* Effective from 1 June 2009.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:12:41 +0000

Again, in New Hampshire as in other states, elected Republicans insist on trying to stop the march of time as America moves toward equal rights for all….and recognizes that “separate but equal” is NEVER “equal”. America needs two parties, but how do so many of today’s Republicans ever expect to become a majority party, or even an effective opposition, if they try to halt progress and take their marching orders from the dwindling but loud members of the radical right?

By: pogovio

pogovio — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:13:25 +0000

Can we get more information about what happened in NH?

What changes were made to accommodate the governor? What part of the changes did the House not like?

It would be nice to have the full story.