Moments ago New Hampshire became the 6th state to provide marriage equality to all of it’s citizens! The Governor signed the bill today after the legislature added additional language to protect religious institutions from recognizing same-sex marriages. He threatened to veto the bill if the changes were not included. Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine now all recognize marriage equality. New York and Rhode Island recognize same-sex marriages from other states and Canada.
California briefly recognized same-sex marriage until voters narrowly passed proposition 8 constitutionally prohibiting same sex marriage . A recent California Supreme Court upheld proposition 8 but also allowed the 18,000 same sex marriage on the books to remain.
Since prop 8 passed, the country has seen a new tide in the direction of equality. New Hampshire is the second state to pass equality legislatively. Vermont was the first.
Interestingly, the two states that are extraordinarily important in Presidential elections, Iowa and New Hampshire, will likely be states with full equality during the next Presidential Election. Both Republicans and Democrats should start changing their rhetoric towards equality if they expect to fair well in New Hampshire or Iowa. Full Equality throughout the country is inevitable.
Equality always prevails over inequality. I am over joyed at this historic news.
