New Hampshire House upholds freedom to marry – In Concord on Monday, New Hampshire’s House of Representatives rejected a measure that would have revised the New Hampshire Constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. The 201-135 vote was insufficient to move the bill for a Senate vote and it will not appear on the ballot in the next general election.
An hour later, the same governing body rejected a bill that would have repealed the state’s law granting equal marriage rights to same-sex couples. The House said, “No!” in voting 210 to 109 to kill the measure.
“The vast majority of people with their families to be healthy and secure and wish this for their neighbors as well,” said Mo Baxley, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition.
Learn more at the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition’s website.