NH Gov Wants Tweaks to Gay Marriage Bill

So the Gov wants to have both sides like him so he can win the election next time-so much for taking a stand and moving the bar up Reply

Actually...he's a politician, dear heart, not Sean Penn starring in a bio-pic. Why should progressive politicians be expected to martyr themselves for one particular issue when so much needs to be done on so many fronts? You don't want the other side getting so angry that a generation has to continue fighting the battle as the pendulum swings back and forth. Ruth Bader Ginsberg made the argument I believe that abortion rights may have acheived greater acceptance if Roe v. Wade had not shoved the concept down the throats of everyone at once from above. The argument posits that the crusade against activist, "murderous" federal judges would not have found so many adherents if "choice" could have been established on a state by state basis gradually as the culture evolved. Reply

I find it incredible and amazing that the governor of New Hampshire is quoted as saying, "I understand the very real feelings of same-sex couples that a separate system is not an equal system. That a civil law that differentiates between their committed relationships and those of heterosexual couples undermines both their dignity and the legitimacy of their families." And that this is okay with him. If "separate but equal" wasn't good enough for one group of Americans, why is it good enough for a different group? Whatever happened to the home of the free and the land of the brave? People of the same sex are not free to be married because religious people aren't brave enough to let other adults make their own decisions. These are the same people that scream about religious freedom if they aren't allowed to do what they want. But insist on intervening in the decisions of others who don't follow their beliefs. Religious freedom, hah! The United States of America is fast moving from democracy to theocracy. There is an old saying that the United States will fall from within, not from without. And it seems that you are allowing the government to do it's best to reach that goal. Reply

Moi? I wonder if this will get me any more Newser points? Reply

I think that it should be in the law myself. Maybe the orignal version isn't intended to force churches, but you can bet that somewhere down the line that some gay couple will demand that the church marry them. I'd rather err on the side of caution than wait until it happens. Reply