You Just Can't Make This Up

by: Jennifer Daler

Mon Feb 15, 2010 at 12:21:52 PM EST

Opponents [of killing the marriage equality repeal] said the consummation of gay unions can't be spoken of in polite society. They also said voters should decide, not lawmakers if the marriages should be allowed.

So I went to the House Record (bold mine)

Rep. Nancy J. Elliott for the Minority of  Judiciary:  The minority believes that last year the legislature made a mistake passing gay marriage.  Legislators ignored the voice of the citizens of New Hampshire to attend to the desires of special interest activists.   These activists would have us believe that heterosexual marriage and gay marriage are the same thing.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The consummation of gay marriage cannot even be spoken of in polite society and a gay marriage is not valid without it.  We have said that this new group of people are married because of these practices.  This new marriage has nothing to do with fairness as two people that love each other but do not consummate, cannot be married.  To the minority this is confusion and should not have been placed into law.  The minority believes that it is time to recognize the error that was made and pass HB 1590 to repeal gay marriage.      

Ummm  What was it she thought she was talking about, then?

This will be some debate.