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NOM: We’ll hold every N.H. lawmaker ‘accountable’ for pro-gay marriage vote
National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown on Wednesday pledged to hold “every” New Hampshire lawmaker accountable for failing to repeal the state’s marriage equality law — all 211 of them.
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GOP-dominated New Hampshire House rejects gay marriage repeal
In a dramatic surprise and major victory for supporters of marriage equality for same-sex couples, the Republican-dominated New Hampshire House voted Wednesday (March 21) not to repeal the state’s two-year-old marriage equality law.
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In effort to repeal same-sex marriage, NOM now supports civil unions
The National Organization for Marriage has endorsed a civil unions bill in New Hampshire, a stark departure from its well documented record of opposing any type of legal relationship for same-sex couples.
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Anti-gay marriage vote looms in N.C., and a close call in Washington state
It’s coming down the wire in North Carolina, where an anti-gay ballot measure is looking an awful lot like the Prop 8 fight all over again. Meanwhile Denver Republicans vote to support civil unions, we’ll get a vote this week on ending marriage equality in New Hampshire, and President Obama speaks out against an anti-gay ballot measure.
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Rally held in NH to repeal same-sex marriage, replace it with civil unions
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Republican State Representative David Bates on Tuesday led a rally outside the capitol building of more than 200 people interested in repealing New Hampshire’s same-sex marriage law and replace it with civil unions for any unmarried adults, including relatives.
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NH lawmaker spending own money on campaign to repeal gay marriage
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire lawmaker is waging a one-man effort to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law, and has launched a direct mail campaign to garner support of House Bill 437, which would restore “traditional marriage” between a man and a woman in the state.
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Repeal of gay marriage absent from New Hampshire’s House agenda
CONCORD, N.H. –The New Hampshire state House legislative leadership announced Thursday they will focus on the state’s economic growth and education initiatives in the 2012 session, but are leaving social issues out of the agenda — including a repeal of the state’s same-sex marriage law.
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NOM promises to ‘reward’ anti-equality legislators after accusing gay activists of buying votes
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is doing exactly what it accused gay activists of doing: buying votes. In New Hampshire, the organization has pledged $250,000 to “reward” politicians who “stand up for restoring traditional marriage.”
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New Hampshire legislature considers ‘License to Discriminate’ bill
The New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday held a hearing on HB 1264 — essentially a “License To Discriminate” bill — that would allow businesses that oppose marriage equality to deny services to same-sex couples based on their “conscience” or religious beliefs.
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Planned vote to repeal same-sex marriage in New Hampshire delayed
CONCORD, N.H. — Republican House leaders have delayed the vote on the repeal of New Hampshire’s same-sex marriage law, said House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt, (R-Salem), in an e-mail to the media Tuesday afternoon.