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New Hampshire
In 2007, New Hampshire's legislature introduced both a marriage equality bill and a civil unions bill. The civil unions bill was passed and the governor signed it into law. The new law took effect in January 2008.
On June 3, 2009, New Hampshire embraced the freedom to marry becoming the third state to move past civil unions to marriage . The state house and senate approved a bill to end the exclusion of gay couples from marriage, and the governor signed it into law.
Gay couples can apply for marriage licenses starting January 1, 2010 when the law goes into effect in New Hampshire.
FROM EVAN WOLFSON:
BLOG: Marriage Equality: A Cause and Conversation That Won't (and Shouldn't) Stop
Huffington Post
September 13, 2007
Evan Wolfson notes the recent events of an Iowa court decision striking down discrimination in marriage, the California legislature passing a marriage equality bill, and a Republican presidential candidate getting booed in New Hampshire for being anti-marriage, all proof that the conversation about the freedom to marry is unavoidable and present at the epicenters of presidential politics. Wolfson presents important points from the Iowa decision which exemplify why marriage matters and offers advice to presidential candidates with the Candidates' Guide on How to Support Marriage Equality and Get Elected.
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WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET INVOLVED OR LEARN MORE:
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition provides the grassroots advocacy, education, and information necessary to achieve same-sex civil marriage rights in New Hampshire. The organization has several chapters throughout the state.
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.
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PUBLICATIONS:
New Hampshire Census Snapshot
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in New Hampshire.
Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the
American Community Survey
Williams Institute
November 2007
Gary Gates at the Williams Institute released groundbreaking research
on the geographic trends among same-sex couples. The report finds the
biggest increases in Southern and Mountain states and states barring
legal acceptance of same-sex couples had larger percentage increases
in same-sex couples from 2000 to 2006.
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NEWS:
View news about the fight for the freedom to marry in New Hampshire.
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MULTIMEDIA:
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry TV Ad
VIDEO: Audience boos Brownback's proposal to ban gay marriages
Think Progress
September 5, 2007
At the Fox News GOP presidential debate tonight, correspondent Carl Cameron asked a New Hampshire woman whether she wanted gay and lesbian marriages banned. Her answer — "Absolutely not" — received cheers from the audience. When Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) then said he believes the nation should have a constitutional amendment banning gay peoples' marriages, the audience loudly booed.
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Williams Institute
December 2007
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in New Hampshire.
At the Fox News GOP presidential debate, correspondent Carl Cameron asked a New Hampshire woman whether she wanted gay and lesbian marriages banned. Her answer — "Absolutely not" — received cheers from the audience. When Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) then said he believes the nation should have a constitutional amendment banning gay peoples' marriages, the audience loudly booed.
