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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com February 14, 2011
N.H. Lawmakers Aim to Repeal Marriage
By Advocate.com Editors
Despite polls showing the vast majority of New Hampshire residents
supporting its marriage equality law, a group of Republican lawmakers is
angling to repeal the two-year-old law.
Hearings are scheduled to begin this week concerning repealing marriage
equality in the state, though house majority leader D.J. Bettencourt, also a
Republican, has indicated that he would not want to revisit the law and
instead wants to focus on fiscal measures. The house judiciary committee is
scheduled to hear arguments for marriage equality repeal on Thursday.
Legislators David Bates and Leo Pepino, who are sponsoring the bill, told
the Eagle-Tribunenewspaper they are confident they can drum up enough
support to bring their measure to a vote. They said the measure will likely
make its way to Gov. John Lynch, who would probably veto it.
Mo Baxley of New Hampshire Freedom to Marry, said the move would be
detrimental to the state's married same-sex couples.
"They have decided that taking away the freedom to marry is more important
right now than dealing with the state's budget crisis and economic situation
, the worst since the Great Depression," he said in a statement, according
to the Eagle Tribune. "Voters overwhelmingly say their number one concern is
the economy. Yet lawmakers like Reps. Bates and Pepino would rather pursue
a fringe agenda that hurts New Hampshire families." |
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