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Good and Bad News in New Hampshire

Yesterday, the New Hampshire House voted to allow same-sex couples to marry.

It won just by a seven-vote margin and now lies in the hands of the Senate, although folks are unsure if Governor John Lynch will veto the measure if it passes the house. (He has stated he's against marriage but signed a law allowing civil unions last year.)

Just don't start praising the House yet - it also rejected a bill that would extend protections to transgender folks under the state's anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws. There was a ton of pushback and even mockery by opponents of the measure, coining it, "the bathroom bill" (you know, the whole "horror" of the idea that trans men and women would be walking into bathrooms and saunas as they please) as well as sending emails to constituents claiming the bill would be protecting "sexual predators."

Let's place the horror here where it truly belongs - contact the Senate and let them know your thoughts.

Posted by Vanessa - March 27, 2009, at 12:04PM | in Law , News , Queer Issues , Transgender Issues

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