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Marriage PASSES in New Hampshire!

by: Lurleen

Wed Jun 03, 2009 at 14:31:58 PM EDT


UPDATE2 - Passed 198 to 176! It passed in the Senate this morning.  The bill now goes to the governor for his promised signature.

UPDATE - It's being debated now!

The bill is up!   (0.00 / 0)
Gallery is anticipative, State House plaza is quiet and somber.

Zandra Rice Hawkins (Granite State Progress)
by: Zandra Rice Hawkins @ Wed Jun 03, 2009 at 15:15:43 PM EDT

Over at Blue Hampshire, they're guessing that the vote on the marriage bill, HB 73, will happen around 3 PM EST.  You can listen to the live stream here.  Briefly, the Senate this morning adopted changes that the governor required to forestall his threatened veto.  We're waiting for the House to vote.  The calculation was that there weren't enough votes to override a veto.

Please chime in if you have better information or other video or audio sources.


UPDATE 3 FROM PAM: The press releases are flowing in as New Hampshire will join Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and Iowa in recognizing that separate is not equal...

New Hampshire Freedom to Marry:

"Today's vote is in line with the majority of Granite Staters who support the freedom to marry," said Mo Baxley, the executive director of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition.  "The legislature has upheld the New Hampshire values of individual liberty, freedom and fairness.  We applaud the legislature for continuing to strongly safeguard religious freedom while making sure that all loving, committed couples have the freedom to marry."
Empowering Spirits Foundation (CA):
The Empowering Spirits Foundation, a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today applauded the New Hampshire Legislature for voting in favor of the same-sex marriage bill amendment, which provides language to protect religious institutions not wanting to participate in same-sex marriages.  The state Senate voted 14-10 Wednesday morning to the compromise legislation, and the state House later voted 198-176 in favor of the amendment.  New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has stated that he will sign the same-sex marriage bill into law if it included strengthened protections for religious institutions.  Should the legislation go into effect January 1, 2010 as predicted, New Hampshire will become the 6th state to legalize same-sex marriage.

"The amended legislation is considerate to both sides and provides equal rights and protections to all in New Hampshire," says A. Latham Staples, Empowering Spirits Foundation Executive Director.

"America is at a turning point.  Recent advances toward equality in Iowa, Vermont, Maine, the District of Columbia and now New Hampshire show that the tide is changing in our favor," added Staples.  "The LGBT community isn't asking for special rights or to compromise the beliefs of those who are critical of us.  We are merely seeking equal rights, as envisioned by our founding fathers and guaranteed by the Constitution.  And I believe people are starting to realize that gays and lesbians are an important segment of society, and are entitled to all of the rights and benefits of marriage."

HRC:
"We look forward to Gov. Lynch signing the legislation passed by the state Senate and House that would make New Hampshire the latest state to recognize that loving, committed couples, and their families, should receive equal rights and responsibilities," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.  "No religious institution will have to recognize any marriage under this law, as the language proposed by Gov. Lynch and agreed to by the legislature made abundantly clear."
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OMG I can't stop laughing
Gold. Solid GOLD.

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi

[ Parent ]
That's hilarious Lurleen!
Thanks for the pick-me-up!

[ Parent ]
what just happened?
my stream is kinds clogged...

http://EQFL.org

i'm relying on
Blue Hampshire and google to keep up, because my stream doesn't stream either.  here's the latest report:
We just got word that the bill is coming up. One more vote to go until it's discussed, and then one more vote until marriage equality!

Zandra Rice Hawkins (Granite State Progress)
by: Zandra Rice Hawkins @ Wed Jun 03, 2009 at 15:11:10 PM EDT



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[ Parent ]
Using this audio link
also from Blue Hampshire:

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.u...

Works uninterrupted; they are debating what the debate rules are NOW.

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argh.
ok, cuz what i thought i saw didn't look good.
The stream is so broken up...

http://EQFL.org

Steve Vaillancourt
has given one of the most long-winded "speeches," but he has said he'll vote yes on the bill to save marriage equality in NH.  I hope that indicates this'll be successful in a few minutes.

Vaillancourt is the
gay Republican who voted No on the first resend back from the Govenor...he didn't want added verbage to exempt religious factions.

[ Parent ]
weoirfhiowqefhqoiwfhqoi
the waiting.....
lol

http://EQFL.org

wow, the "traditional marriage" guy
it PASSES 198 - 176


Passed 198 to 176.
However, they're doing a follow-up rollcall vote.

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I darn near
lost it when the House members started hooted and hollering after the count was announced.  Well done, New Hampshire.

Bravo...
extraneous added religious exemption verbage notwithstanding.

Wait a sec
That crap stayed in?

**headdesk**

Poor, poor christians. They're just so oppressed and put upon. I could cry tears of blood for them, it's all so tragic. /snark

Grr.

Well, at least we have it. GOOD.

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi


[ Parent ]
Congrats and thanks to all who made this happen!


Remember what FDR said, "I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it." Have you written/called a congress-critter today? 8.25, 6.21

P.S. Any of you folks want a working vacation in CA?


Remember what FDR said, "I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it." Have you written/called a congress-critter today? 8.25, 6.21

[ Parent ]
Even though I know we have a long way to go,
and though I certainly know DOMA is an obstacle to complete equality, I heave a big sigh of relief every time we get another state.  To borrow from another recent thread, "Step by step, inch by inch..."

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


as i was waiting for the vote tally,
in tears of anticipation, i was wondering "how many times will i have to sit here in tears like this?".  today they turned out to be happy tears, but to be put through this ringer constantly is tiresome.

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[ Parent ]
Congrats NH
And my teabagger friend Eustace is hoppin' mad. Says he won't buy that granite kitchen countertop now: http://teabaggingforjesus.blog...

All RIGHT!
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, California (5/15/08-11/4/08), and now New Hampshire.

Onto New York and New Jersey.


this is a belly blow
to the referendum buffoons in maine and washington state.  to them i say, pththththt!

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[ Parent ]
And one more
Now we are six (plus the asterisked California) -- don't forget Vermont!

[ Parent ]
OOPS!
My bad. It's moving too FAST!

[ Parent ]
And you're geographically prejudiced.
Get alphabetical.

Feel free to move on to New Jersey next, but New Mexico is up after that, dammit.

New York may get it done in the meantime...but no skipping us just because we're regionally anomalous. That's not fair.

But wait, there's more!


[ Parent ]
LOL...If that was the case
I would have put Iowa first. Too bad Illinois couldn't even get CU's done this time around. :(

[ Parent ]
Vermont is not to be forgotten ...
Vermont started this movement by being the first state to permit civil unions back in 2000.  Same-sex marriages starts there on September 1.  

[ Parent ]
Congrats....NOW Bishop Gene Robinson can get MARRIED!
Sorta, Hope they televise it!

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.


Not up on WIKI yet.
Maybe they will wait till it is signed!

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.


[ Parent ]
Congratulations!
To all those in New Hampshire that fought so hard and long for civil marriage equality.  Good for you!

When will the push for transgender nondiscrimination start?


we had a bill for that this session but it did not pass
so we have to wait for the next session to reintroduce that one.

[ Parent ]
It has already started
Even while we were celebrating our victory today many of us were discussing how to get the trans bill back on track in 2011 (the earliest that it will be possible).  There is a lot of passion for getting transgender non-discrimination - we just didn't have the person-power to pull off two big wins and we needed to do more public education.  

It took 5-6 years to get "sexual orientation" added to the non-discrimination law.  The first transgender bill did much better than the first sexual orientation bill did.


[ Parent ]
My, my...
this gay marriage thing is getting positively commonplace, isn't it?

Congrats NH.....NY you're NEXT!


"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner


The irony
is that Cheney just came out in favor of marriage equality, albeit on a state-by-state basis.

[ Parent ]
NH marriage yay.
I'm glad that same-sex marriage is now law in NH. I am, however, still extremely disappointed that discrimination against transgendered people is still legal, and that it is in fact MORE legal than it was before because the legislature has considered that question and rejected the idea that exceptional gender expression needs protecting.

And I am still not convinced that transgendered people will not be going it alone next time. PLEASE prove me wrong.


we get more allies all the time
The legislation to protect gender expression was introduced and championed by straight and gay allies, and discrimination is not "more legal" in any real sense just because it did not pass this time around. We get to try again in the next session; we won't be competing with marriage equality then, and we have a while meantime to educate the public and the legislators about the issues. Take heart! We'll get there!

[ Parent ]
with each state we win, the lies are shown to be more false
the data that no church is forced to marry us, and no minister is censored from sayin any hateful nonsense that pops into their brainstem, and hetero marriages don't collapse, (and no one screams to marry a pet,,,LOL)

"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner


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