NH: Third Town Rejects Anti Gay Marriage Petition
It was a tricky balancing act Alstead residents engaged in Tuesday night. At the town’s official-ballot first session, some articles were trimmed while others withstood editing — all to balance the bottom-line budget (and the cost to Alstead residents) with the needs of the town.
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The other hot topic of the night was an article to send a nonbinding resolution to legislators that reads: “The citizens of New Hampshire should be allowed to vote on an amendment to the New Hampshire Constitution that defines ‘marriage.’ ” The petition article has cropped up in multiple Monadnock Region towns. In Alstead, it was eventually amended to read merely “The citizens of New Hampshire should be.” Eleanor Elbers introduced the amendment to change the article. New Hampshire is a small state that stood up for civil rights by legalizing gay marriage, she said. The petition article contradicts that — as worded, it stands for discrimination, Elbers said.
Some residents supported the article, saying they merely want a chance to have their say on such an important issue. Others argued the article is attempting to put civil rights — something afforded to every person by the constitution — up for a vote. “The article clearly has an agenda behind it,” said Saxton, who gave a brief, but passionate, speech about how, as a gay man, he doesn’t know why anyone feels threatened by the legalization of same-sex marriage. The article will “diminish rights for human beings,” he said. “And that’s wrong and I don’t think it’s anybody else’s business.”
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The other hot topic of the night was an article to send a nonbinding resolution to legislators that reads: “The citizens of New Hampshire should be allowed to vote on an amendment to the New Hampshire Constitution that defines ‘marriage.’ ” The petition article has cropped up in multiple Monadnock Region towns. In Alstead, it was eventually amended to read merely “The citizens of New Hampshire should be.” Eleanor Elbers introduced the amendment to change the article. New Hampshire is a small state that stood up for civil rights by legalizing gay marriage, she said. The petition article contradicts that — as worded, it stands for discrimination, Elbers said.
Some residents supported the article, saying they merely want a chance to have their say on such an important issue. Others argued the article is attempting to put civil rights — something afforded to every person by the constitution — up for a vote. “The article clearly has an agenda behind it,” said Saxton, who gave a brief, but passionate, speech about how, as a gay man, he doesn’t know why anyone feels threatened by the legalization of same-sex marriage. The article will “diminish rights for human beings,” he said. “And that’s wrong and I don’t think it’s anybody else’s business.”
Full Story from the Sentinel Source
Click here for gay marriage resources in New Hampshire.
To subscribe to this blog, use the rss feed on the right, or use the form at right to join our email list. You can also email us at info@purpleunions.com. Or find us on Facebook - just search for Gay Marriage Watch (you'll see our b/w wedding pic overlooking the Ferry Building and Bay Bridge in SF). We're also tweeting daily at http://www.twitter.com/gaymarriagewatc.
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