Wahoo New Hampshire

By Fester:

New Hampshire is catching up with its neighbors.  Now Rhode Island just has to get on board for New England to not officially care which consenting and non-related adults fall in love with each other. 

Via the Boston Globe:

Gay marriage legislation gained momentum today in New Hampshire, with the passage of a revised bill by both the state House and Senate.

Governor John Lynch is expected to sign the bill into law later today, which would make New Hampshire the sixth state to allow gays to marry.

The changes in the bill were language clarifications that religious institutions and clergy were not required to perform marriages that they disagree with.  I really don't see the pragmatic value as the aura of not being wanted would, in my mind, make any couple who wanted to get married by a disapproving clergy member seek out another officiant.  However, if that is the strongest objection and the only decisive potential roadblock, I'm all for that language to assuage  most likely unrealized or seldom realized fears. 

Go New Hampshire.....