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New Hampshire to vote on gay marriage repeal

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This should knockdown future gay marriages in this state and when the SCOTUS voids gay marriage then all those other marriages will be voided. Lets see how one of the most liberal states votes.


DARIUS DIXON | 3/21/12 7:11 AM EDT

The New Hampshire House is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to repeal the state’s two-year-old law that legalized gay marriage.
Republicans backing the rollback bill say it would define marriage as between a man and woman, while allowing the state’s nearly 2,000 existing same-sex marriages to remain valid, The Associated Press reports. If approved, the measure would take affect in March 2013 and re-establish civil unions for same-sex couples




Read more: New Hampshire to vote on gay marriage repeal - POLITICO.com
 
This should knockdown future gay marriages in this state and when the SCOTUS voids gay marriage then all those other marriages will be voided. Lets see how one of the most liberal states votes.


DARIUS DIXON | 3/21/12 7:11 AM EDT

The New Hampshire House is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to repeal the state’s two-year-old law that legalized gay marriage.
Republicans backing the rollback bill say it would define marriage as between a man and woman, while allowing the state’s nearly 2,000 existing same-sex marriages to remain valid, The Associated Press reports. If approved, the measure would take affect in March 2013 and re-establish civil unions for same-sex couples




Read more: New Hampshire to vote on gay marriage repeal - POLITICO.com

So glad we have nothing better to be doing. Go government!
 
People just need to grow up and stop being children.

Silly ****ing children.
 
So glad we have nothing better to be doing. Go government!

Yeah but when activists approved gay marriages 2 years ago you had no problem with them then...........:lamo
 
Yeah but when activists approved gay marriages 2 years ago you had no problem with them then...........:lamo

I generally am in favor of reducing government, yes.
 
If this bill gets passed, I'm gonna lose a lot of faith in NH.
 
Wait, New Hampshire is liberal? New Hampshire, where we would buy things because of the lack of taxes is liberal? New Hampshire where their motto is Live Free or Die? The most liberal state that has voted for the Republican candidate 6 of the last 10 elections? Besides, I am not so sure they will vote for this bill, or that the Supreme Court will rule against gay marriage.
 
Unless they go over the will of the people and then they can be as big they want.

The people have no right to tell anyone what adult human non sibling they can marry. It is frankly none of your damn business. You don't believe in same sex marriage, don't marry someone of the same sex.
 
This should knockdown future gay marriages in this state and when the SCOTUS voids gay marriage then all those other marriages will be voided. Lets see how one of the most liberal states votes.


DARIUS DIXON | 3/21/12 7:11 AM EDT

The New Hampshire House is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to repeal the state’s two-year-old law that legalized gay marriage.
Republicans backing the rollback bill say it would define marriage as between a man and woman, while allowing the state’s nearly 2,000 existing same-sex marriages to remain valid, The Associated Press reports. If approved, the measure would take affect in March 2013 and re-establish civil unions for same-sex couples

Read more: New Hampshire to vote on gay marriage repeal - POLITICO.com


Unless the people of New Hampshire got pissed and booted out all or most of those politicians who enacted gay marriage,then I do not see them voting to ban gay marriage.I could be wrong. But New Hampshire is part of the left coast,They are so left their republicans would have to run as democrats in southern states. So you shouldn't get your hopes up.

Whether or not SCOTUS declares gay marriage illegal depends solely on the political makeup of the SC.

the measure would take affect in March 2013 and re-establish civil unions for same-sex couples.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74293.html#ixzz1pnh0GTjh

So this bill doesn't actually ban gay marriage, it just changes the name of it to appeal to idiots who think if you call cow **** a T-bone steak then they will eat it.
 
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Wait, New Hampshire is liberal? New Hampshire, where we would buy things because of the lack of taxes is liberal? New Hampshire where their motto is Live Free or Die? The most liberal state that has voted for the Republican candidate 6 of the last 10 elections? Besides, I am not so sure they will vote for this bill, or that the Supreme Court will rule against gay marriage.



Kind of reminds me of California.
 
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Unless they go over the will of the people and then they can be as big they want.

Well I thought that NH had passed their bill through legislature, not court. And it was expanding those eligible for the contract of marriage. You're describing strict democracy which we don't, nor were we ever meant to, have. Pure democracy is a bad idea, for it leaves you open to the tyranny of the majority. The majority may have their way so long as they do not infringe upon the minority. There's a protection there, it's on purpose. But this I believe is legislature anyway, not courts. So they're going to try to get rid of it, it's what government does. However, there are bigger fish to fry than two dudes getting married. The individual has right to contract anyway. It's not going to be the end of the world, America couldn't be brought down by gay marriage.
 
This should knockdown future gay marriages in this state and when the SCOTUS voids gay marriage then all those other marriages will be voided. Lets see how one of the most liberal states votes.....

so much for government staying out of peoples' personal lives.
 
Well **** if the people of NH know that it will never pass.

If the people of NH are open minded maybe they'll realize it doesn't matter who the **** your married to so long as both of you are happy.
 
I firmly support a state's right to legalize SSM or to legally define marriage. If this is supposed to be a voter's referendum and the original law legalizing SSM was just a state senate type thing then I support this. If not, then I don't support it.
 
I guess everybody was so busy looking for the Quick Rant Reply button that they missed this little detail.

If approved, the measure would...re-establish civil unions for same-sex couples

So SS couples get the same legal framework and protections that OS couples get. So what's the problem? Unless it's not really legal protections proponents of SSM were after in the first place...
 
I guess everybody was so busy looking for the Quick Rant Reply button that they missed this little detail.

So SS couples get the same legal framework and protections that OS couples get. So what's the problem? Unless it's not really legal protections proponents of SSM were after in the first place...

Separate but equal is unconstitutional.
 
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I guess everybody was so busy looking for the Quick Rant Reply button that they missed this little detail.



So SS couples get the same legal framework and protections that OS couples get. So what's the problem? Unless it's not really legal protections proponents of SSM were after in the first place...

So then why try and change it?
 
Separate but equal is unconstitutional.

Segregation is not at issue here. Will homosexuals have civil unions in separate homosexual only courthouses? Hell, they can even use the same form from NH, just check off one box for civil union and one for marriage. Any church that wishes to marry them can marry both SS couples and opposite sex couples, they would not be required by government to have two separate places for marriage.

Go fish.
 
Segregation is not at issue here. Will homosexuals have civil unions in separate homosexual only courthouses? Hell, they can even use the same form from NH, just check off one box for civil union and one for marriage. Any church that wishes to marry them can marry both SS couples and opposite sex couples, they would not be required by government to have two separate places for marriage.

Go fish.

Segregation isn't limited to objects and buildings. You're segregating a right. And what the hell is so important about not calling it marriage. If you're gonna give it the exact same entitlements and benefits, then just call it marriage. Enough with the appeal to tradition. It's getting old.

And if were gonna play a card game, it's gonna be Texas Hold 'Em.
 
Segregation isn't limited to objects and buildings. You're segregating a right.
...and if they can exercise that right anywhere anyplace anytime they want to...then what, exactly is the issue?
And what the hell is so important about not calling it marriage.

...and what the hell is so important about calling it marriage, since marriage, up to this point, did not include SS couples? Now we get to the heart of the matter. It never was about equal treatment, it was about co-opting the word. Thanks for showing all your cards.

And if were gonna play a card game, it's gonna be Texas Hold 'Em.

Since you advocate SSM, I figured you would want to play Gay Gordons

Enough with the appeal to tradition. It's getting old.

Well duh.
 
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