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New Hampshire: Jim Splaine

March 18, 2009 - 11:26 am
NEWS FEED: Blue Hampshire

Why I Support Marriage Equality

By Kathy Sullivan 2

Jim Splaine asked me to call my representatives about the marriage equality bill.  This led me to think about what I actually support marriage equality, and what I would say to someone who needed to be convinced. So, here is a shot:

1. Americans are supposed to have equal rights under the law.

2. The arguments against marriage equality aren't supported by my personal experience. Let's take "it undermines traditional heterosexual marriage".  Nonsense. How many weddings have we all attended where gays and/or lesbians were in attendance and were happy and supportive of the heterosexual couples getting married?  Gays and lesbians who are fighting for marriage equality would not be fighting so hard for it if they did not support marriage as an institution.

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February 3, 2009 - 11:20 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Hampshire

NEW TOPIC! Marriage Equality - Other Bills - Up For Hearing Thursday

By Rep. Jim Splaine

Your Help Is Needed!  This coming Thursday, February 5th, there will be four bills up for public hearing about LBGT equality.  Two would reduce our Civil Unions Law, and the other two provide full marriage equality and fighting discrimination based on gender identity.

The bills will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee in room 208 of the Legislative Office Building, which is directly in back of the State House in Concord.  

One of our proudest accomplishments in the 2007 Legislature was the passage of Civil Unions, a move toward full equality for our New Hampshire gay and lesbian friends, family members, and neighbors.

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Wed, 04/02/2008 - 17:31

RNC plan keeps New Hampshire first

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

The Rules Committee of the Republican National Committee has adopted a plan that would preserve New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary status.

By a vote of 28 to 12, the committee passed the "Ohio plan" that would allow New Hampshire to be the first primary state and specifies that South Carolina follow New Hampshire.

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Wed, 01/30/2008 - 15:59

State Senate Committee passes bill that would affect voting age

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

The Senate Election Law and Internal Affairs Committee voted unanimously for a bill that would allow seventeen-year olds to vote in primaries.

The law would allow any seventeen-year old to vote in a primary, as long as they turn eighteen by the date of the general election.

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