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More NH Democratic Prop 8 Reax

by: Dean Barker

Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 22:04:36 PM EDT


Paul Hodes:
   The U.S. District Court of Northern California's decision to strike down Proposition 8 is a huge win in our ongoing fight for equality.

   There is much work still to be done, and many more battles to face - but the march toward universal marriage equality continues. It's time that the Defense of Marriage Act was repealed once and for all. When I get to the US Senate, I will lead the charge to repeal DOMA and ensure equal rights and protections for every citizen in this country.  

   I am thrilled with today's ruling, and more determined than ever to repeal DOMA and help achieve universal marriage equality for all Americans.

Ann McLane Kuster:
"I was pleased to hear that a federal judge struck down California's ban on same-sex marriages. Our Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law.  We need less government interference in our personal lives - in New Hampshire, in California, and in Washington, DC.  That's why I support marriage equality and why I am proud to have the endorsement of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition in my campaign for Congress."

(all via email unless linked; Katrina's is here.)

Dean Barker :: More NH Democratic Prop 8 Reax
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There IS A Partisan Divide On Issues Of Personal LIberty (4.00 / 2)
Excellent statements by both, and Ann McLane Kuster's comment, along with Katrina Swett's of yesterday, hits home that we will have a supporter of marriage equality whichever of them wins the September Democratic primary.  

Wouldn't it be nice now to read comments from the Republicans running for Senate or Congress saying that the rights that our New Hampshire citizens now receive because of House Bill 436 should be extended to gays and lesbians nationwide?  We can expect them to say exactly the opposite.

There IS a partisan divide on issues like this.  Here in New Hampshire, Democrats in the Legislature almost to the person have through the years supported issues like the ERA and women's rights in the 1970s, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the 1980s and 1990s, and gay equality and marriage during the past ten years.

We need to send people to Washington with those same personal liberties in mind.    



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