

Despite the fact that a majority of N.H. citizens "strongly oppose" the legislation, if approved by the full House in January, it then goes to the state Senate, potentially becoming a shamefully regressive law.


Currently, gay marriage is legal in New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont and D.C. More than 1,500 New Hampshire gay couples have married so far.
The proposed backward step to civil unions would allow discrimination against couples in employment, housing and public accommodations, based on "religious or moral" beliefs.
State Rep. Lucy Weber, D-Walpole, called the bill "mean-minded" and "a masterpiece of muddled drafting."
It's mind boggling that people can be so hateful.
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