The United States Supreme Court takes up two cases about marriage equality – the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as to whether the Federal Government can set a standard of one man and one woman for marriage, and California's Proposition 8, whether states can prohibit two men or two women from being married, as most [...]
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The Maine Marriage Equality Referendum Could Be Close: Our Friends Need Our Help
The vote on gay marriage in Maine this Tuesday might be close. Turnout of our supporters is important, and since Maine hasn't had so much attention on the national elections, turnout might be a bit weak. So if anyone knows friends or family in Maine, sending an E-Mail or making a call reminding them that their [...]
Freedom to Marry, LGBT Leaders Endorse Jackie Cilley
Today New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition PAC, along with Granite State leaders in the LGBT community, endorsed Jackie for governor. The release: New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition PAC and State Leaders endorse Jackie CONCORD – The New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition PAC and leaders in the LGBT community announced Thursday that they [...]
New Hampshire Without 100 Years Of Democrats
By Rep. Jim Splaine on July 29, 2012 in
Tags: Aristotle Onassis, Barack Obama, Bev Hollingworth, Bob Preston, Carol Shea Porter, Chris Spirou, Dudley Dudley, Eileen Foley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Hugh Gallen, Jeanne Shaheen, Jimmy Stewart, John Kennedy, John Lynch, Jr, Lyndon Johnson, marriage equality, Martin Luther King, mel thomson, Paul McEachern, Renny Cushing, Ted Kennedy
Every two weeks for the past two years I have written a column in The Portsmouth Herald. Here is my most recent post: . What would New Hampshire be like today without Democrats these past 100 years? While some of my Republican friends would like to offer their answer to that, perhaps with a bit of a [...]
Jackie and Ovide, on Families and Marriage
The following clip, excerpted from remarks at a recent gubernatorial forum hosted by the New Hampshire Children’s Alliance, removes any shadow of a doubt about what’s at stake this November: Ovide Lamontagne is crystal clear that a top priority for him as governor is the repeal of Marriage Equality: front-runner Ovide Lamontagne, of Manchester, was [...]
Vice President Joe Biden On Marriage Equality: Nice Job
By Rep. Jim Splaine on May 6, 2012 in
Tags: Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Joe Bidgen, John McCain, marriage equality, Sarah Palin
Vice President Joe Biden was on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, and made clear his support for equality. He was quoted as saying “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, [...]
Jackie on the March, in March
By Dean Barker on March 27, 2012 in
Tags: 100 Club Dinner, Health Care, Jackie Cilley, marriage equality, Right to Work
It’s been a whirlwind of activity since the our last roundup – time for an update from the Jackie Cilley campaign! Fresh off their war on women, the O’Brien legislature turned their attention again to an effort that failed last year, the return of so-called “Right to Work.” Jackie’s statement against it read in part: [...]
What’s Next
By susanthe on March 23, 2012 in
Tags: Chandler, marriage equality, NHGOP clown car, O'Brien, Speaker
In spite of the big spanking he got on Wednesday, a certain Windham Representative is Waiting With Bated Breath Union Leader: The bill’s prime sponsor, Rep. David Bates, R-Windham, said it is foolish to think the issue will not be back before lawmakers, particularly if there is a change in the governor’s office. and Bates [...]
Maggie Hassan on the Marriage Equality Vote
Here’s Maggie Hassan’s statement about the House vote on marriage equality: “In 2009, we answered the civil rights call of our time by making marriage equality a reality for each and every New Hampshire citizen. As Senate Majority Leader, I was proud to play a leading role in making that happen. Today the New Hampshire [...]
Protecting Marriage Equality
Once again the Free State/Tea Party legislature in Concord is focused on a narrow ideological agenda rather than jobs and the economy. Today they will actually harm our economy by attempting to repeal marriage equality. Rather than wasting taxpayer dollars revoking the rights of our citizens, they should focus on issues vital to our state [...]