Marriage equality easily survived a challenge in New Hampshire. A bill robbing the state’s citizens of the freedom to marry failed by a vote of 202-133, the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) legal group tweeted Wednesday, according to the Daily Kos.
Standing Up For New Hampshire Families begs to differ—stating the vote was 211-116. Not only did it fail, the legislation didn’t get votes from a majority of the House. Republicans account for 74 percent of the New Hampshire House. Given that, getting the votes of 50 percent—plus one—should have been easy.
Efforts to amend original legislation to add legally recognizing civil unions failed by a vote of 82-266. A symbolic bill, aimed at only allowing right-handed people to marry, also died.
Anti-gay groups like the National Organization for Marriage supported the campaign for the legislation. With that said, it didn’t get much support from those on the right. For instance, Republicans dominated the debate—surprisingly, many of them spoke against it.
“I’m addressing the bill as a segregation bill. And that’s exactly what this is,” State Rep. Mike Ball said.
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