Thanks to one of our NH readers for bringing this to our attention:
“Here is a list of towns that rejected the resolution. This list does not include the 88 of New Hampshire’s 231 towns and all of New Hampshire’s 13 cities that refused to take the issue up. Alstead, Andover, Barrington, Bethlehem, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Brookfield, Brookline, Chesterfield, Colebrook, Deerfield, Easton, Franconia, Farmington, Gilsum, Goffstown, Groveton, Hebron, Hillsborough, Jackson, Kensington, Lee, Lincoln, Lisbon, Lyman, Marlborough, Meredith, Monroe, Newbury, Nelson, New Durham, New Hampton, New London, Northumberland, Ossipee, Plymouth, Rindge, Rye, Salisbury, Sharon, Shelburne, Sugar Hill, Westmoreland,Winchester, Wolfeboro, Washington.”
So despite all the hullabaloo about the towns that have approved this measure, 101 cities and towns didn’t even consider it, and another 47 have rejected it, bringing the total number of cities and towns refusing to pass the advisory gay marriage ban warrant to 64% of the state’s total. And the total population represented is muchhigher, because it includes all 13 of the biggest cities in the state.
Funny how the numbers don’t look so bad when you include the positive ones and not just the negative numbers, huh?
<p><i><a href=”http://www.purpleunions.com/usa/newhampshire.html”>Click here for gay marriage resources in New Hampshire.</a></i></p>
Rock on. New Hampshire is showing its true libertarian colors and reminding people that the first rule is to mind your own goddamn business. Don’t let up — keep the pressure on — the douche-, uh, tea-bagger phonies will fail if we just keep whipping the crap out of them every chance we get.
AMANDLA!
According to NH.gov, New Hampshire has 10 counties, 13 cities, 221 towns, and 22 unincorporated places. So % non-support is actually above 64. NH Freedom to Marry says no way that this could get the public support required to amend the NH constitution.
Congratulations to NH once again. The only thing missing is a referendum to put the haters in an asylum, as a danger to humanity.
BTW, an attempt to overthrow gay marriage in their House of Delegates failed by a 2:1 supermajority.
And lets not miss that in Washington State, where gay people have all the rights of marriage, but called I think Domestic Partnerships, a bill banning bullying in schools passed both their house and senate without a single, eg NOT ONE disenting vote.
The battle is far from over, but America is changing. As is the world. In the next couple months, every last western european country will recognize gay couples legally, except Italy and greece, home to the two main catholic church branches. And with all the noise, I actually have not heard one pipsqueak from the orthodox catholic church about gay marriage. I suspect they don’t support it, but they are being decent and not running a campaign of fear rand hatred against this group of God’s creation. For which I thank them. They will most likely change , just will take time
Add Chichester and Pembroke to the list who voted it down.