Comments on: ACTION: New Hampshire Marriage Equality & Gender Identity Votes http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Janababe1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885857 Janababe1 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:41:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885857 <p>Oh, and they killed gay marriage, too. On a vote of 3 to 2 (two Democrats opposed killing it). The House tried!</p> Oh, and they killed gay marriage, too. On a vote of 3 to 2 (two Democrats opposed killing it). The House tried!

]]> By: Janababe1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885854 Janababe1 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:39:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885854 <p>Teddy, Thanks for the effort. Less than an hour ago, the NH Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously (two Republicans and three Democrats) voted against the bill. It will go to the full Senate with a recommendation of Inexpediant to Legislate. The House tried!</p> Teddy, Thanks for the effort. Less than an hour ago, the NH Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously (two Republicans and three Democrats) voted against the bill. It will go to the full Senate with a recommendation of Inexpediant to Legislate. The House tried!

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885842 Teddy Partridge Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:33:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885842 <p>Thank you, Twain.</p> <p>It’s wonderful to see states move in the right direction on this through their legislatures, too, because there are so many quotes from right-wingers criticizing judges and saying that the issue should be addressed only by the peoples’ elected representatives. Which they are now doing!</p> <p>This momentum, if picked up by New York and New Jersey soon, will be unstoppable. And then we will have a critical mass of marrying-states to challenge the federal DOMA.</p> Thank you, Twain.

It’s wonderful to see states move in the right direction on this through their legislatures, too, because there are so many quotes from right-wingers criticizing judges and saying that the issue should be addressed only by the peoples’ elected representatives. Which they are now doing!

This momentum, if picked up by New York and New Jersey soon, will be unstoppable. And then we will have a critical mass of marrying-states to challenge the federal DOMA.

]]> By: Twain http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885841 Twain Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:26:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885841 <p>Teddy, I know it must seem terribly slow to those who want to get married but we are getting there. Inch by inch we are dragging the country into the 21st century and that’s a great thing. My cousin already got married in Cali during that window that opened briefly. Hope you and your partner will soon be able to do the same.</p> Teddy, I know it must seem terribly slow to those who want to get married but we are getting there. Inch by inch we are dragging the country into the 21st century and that’s a great thing. My cousin already got married in Cali during that window that opened briefly. Hope you and your partner will soon be able to do the same.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885840 Teddy Partridge Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:19:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885840 <p>Looking forward to some wonderful photos from Iowa weddings later this month, Susan. So glad to hear from you!</p> Looking forward to some wonderful photos from Iowa weddings later this month, Susan. So glad to hear from you!

]]> By: SusaninIowa http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885839 SusaninIowa Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:14:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885839 <p>This is OT, but related, so I hope it’s OK, Teddy. </p> <p>Some Iowans thought we should do something to make it easy and enjoyable to get married here after that terrific court decision. So we have a new blog up, hosted by <a href="http://swiowaguy.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Iowa Guy</a>, called <a href="http://hitchedintheheartland.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Hitched in the Heartland</a>. We will be adding info about pastors and rabbis, honeymoon destinations, and other helpful topics. Iowa Guy would be delighted to have suggestions from potential users of this information about what they would like to know about.</p> This is OT, but related, so I hope it’s OK, Teddy.

Some Iowans thought we should do something to make it easy and enjoyable to get married here after that terrific court decision. So we have a new blog up, hosted by Iowa Guy, called Hitched in the Heartland. We will be adding info about pastors and rabbis, honeymoon destinations, and other helpful topics. Iowa Guy would be delighted to have suggestions from potential users of this information about what they would like to know about.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885836 Teddy Partridge Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:02:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/23/action-new-hampshire-marriage-equality-gender-identity-votes/#comment-1885836 <p>College classmates? High school friends who’ve moved up from the Boston Beltway? Aunts, uncles, cousins? Siblings, nephews, nieces? Anyone have any New Hampshire friends and relative they can touch base with TODAY to move this historic legislation forward?</p> <p>Thank you!</p> College classmates? High school friends who’ve moved up from the Boston Beltway? Aunts, uncles, cousins? Siblings, nephews, nieces? Anyone have any New Hampshire friends and relative they can touch base with TODAY to move this historic legislation forward?

Thank you!

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