Yesterday the New Hampshire House approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. The New York Times reported that the bill was passed by close vote of 186 to 179. The bill must still pass the State Senate and signed by Gov. John Lynch. Civil unions between same-sex couples was made legal last year, but the state has not been as successful at getting same-sex marriage legalized.
New Hampshire’s next door neighbor, Vermont, also is considering same-sex marriage. Last Friday, the State Senate approved the bill. The House is set to hear the same-sex marriage bill next week; however, the Gov. Jim Douglas has already announced his intentions of vetoing the bill if it reaches his desk. Although Vermont was the first state to legalize same-sex civil unions in 2000, the same-sex marriage bill doesn’t have as many supporters.
As I have spent a lot of time reading family law and divorce, I’m still not sure what to make of same-sex marriage. We have never been a country to limit a person’s rights to pursue whatever makes them happy. Is same-sex marriage really dangerous to our government and country? Yet, I understand the strong opposition because the marriage is not recognized by the Church.
Please respectfully share your thoughts: Same-sex marriage – why do you support or disapprove of it?
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John Onorato says 27th March @ 16:29
This is Anam on Plurk:
Although it does not affect me personally, I completely support samesex marriage. I have no reservations about doing so; my support is not conditional on anything.
My reasoning is this: What right have I to deny another person happiness and fulfillment, just because they do things that I don’t do? Just because they have a different ideology than I do, or because they don’t believe like I do? It’s absurd to legislate morality, to say what people can and cannot do.
If two people love each other, and want to publicly and legally make that connection, they should be able to. It shouldn’t matter what gender they are.