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CO, USA: Civil Unions Bill Clears Senate, Heads to House

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Colorado Civil Unions VoteA bill which would recognize gay and lesbian couples with civil unions tentatively cleared the Colorado Senate on Wednesday.

According to The Associated Press, the bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Pat Steadman, cleared the chamber on an unrecorded voice vote. Senators overwhelmingly approved the measure last year before it died in a Republican-controlled House committee.

Steadman shared his perspective on the issue as a gay man. “Why is this important?” Steadman asked colleagues. “It’s because life happens to people. People have babies. People adopt children. People have accidents. People end up in the hospital.”

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USA: House Leaders Join Effort to Add Marriage Equality Plank

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

USA: House Leaders Join Effort to Add Marriage Equality PlankMore than half a dozen Democratic Congressional leaders today signed onto Freedom to Marry’s “Democrats: Say I Do” campaign calling for a freedom to marry plank in the 2012 national platform of the Democratic Party.

The signers include three key contenders for the U.S. Senate from swing states: Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Shelly Berkley (D-NV); and Martin Heinrich (D-NM).

Additional new signers include Ranking Democrat of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers (D-MI); Judiciary Committee member Mike Quigley (D-IL); former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); and Representative Jared Polis (D-CO).

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CO, USA: House Democrats Seeking Republican Sponsor for Civil Unions

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

Colorado Civil UnionsA bill to establish civil unions still lacks a House sponsor nearly two months after passing out of a Senate committee, but that’s because Democrats shepherding the measure remain intent on finding a Republican to champion the legislation before sending it over to the GOP-controlled chamber, backers said this week.

The good news, said House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, who sponsored the bill in the House last year, is that “not all of them have said no yet. No one has said yes, but not all of them have said no.”

Since late last year, Ferrandino has said he’s hoping to wrangle a Republican’s name onto the bill to improve its chances of making it out of committee and onto the House floor, where supporters believe they have enough Republican votes to pass the bill over opposition from House GOP leaders.

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NH: GOP-Controlled House Rejects Marriage Equality Repeal by Wide Margin

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Limerick, Ireland Gay Wedding FairNew Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have repealed the state’s marriage equality law. The 211-116 vote came more than two hours after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle spoke out against House Bill 437. One hundred Republicans were among those who opposed HB 437.

“This body has set forth a ping pong ball on people’s lives,” said state Rep. Jennifer Coffey (R-Andover.)

State Rep. Keith Murphy (R-Bedford) cited a gay relative who has been in a same-sex relationship for two years when he spoke against HB 437. State Rep. Cameron De Jong (R-Manchester) referenced his faith as he testified against the marriage equality repeal bill that state Rep. David Bates (R-Windham) introduced. “God is my judge and today I ask you to support equal rights under the law,” he said.

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NH: House to Vote on Marriage Equality Repeal Today

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

New Hampshire Marriage Equality RepealAs we’ve been reporting over the past couple of weeks, the New Hampshire House is scheduled to vote today on a hideous bill (HB 437) from Rep. David Bates that would repeal the state’s marriage equality law.

The AP explains:

The bill, scheduled for a House vote on Wednesday, calls for repealing gay marriage in March 2013 and replacing it with a civil unions law that had been in place in 2008 and 2009. Gay marriages occurring before the repeal took effect would still be valid, but future gay unions would be civil unions. The bill also would allow voters could weigh in through a nonbinding November ballot question.

If the House passes the repeal measure, it would go to the Senate; both houses are controlled by Republicans. Democratic Gov. John Lynch has promised to veto the bill if it reaches his desk.

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NH: House Votes Down Bill to Allow Wedding Vendors to Reject Gay Couples

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

New Hampshire Wedding Vendors and Conscience BillThe New Hampshire House on Wednesday voted down a bill which would have permitted wedding providers to refuse gay and lesbian couples. Lawmakers overwhelming rejected the bill with a 246-85 vote, the AP reported.

The measure sought to allow business owners to withhold wedding-related goods and services if they believe it would violate their conscience or religious faith. While the bill does not specifically list gay couples, a January hearing on the bill made it clear they were being targeted.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jerry Bergevin, a Republican from Manchester, has previously said that his bill “would hardly have any effect on same-sex marriage in New Hampshire, as there are many businesses in New Hampshire.”

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ME: House Kills Marriage Equality Bill, Wants Voters to Decide

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Maine Marriage Equality VoteA proposal to allow same-sex couples to marry in Maine is a step closer to a referendum.

Without debate, the House today voted to kill the citizen-initiated bill, a clear sign that representatives want the state’s voters to decide whether to authorize gay marriages. The matter now goes to the Senate.

In 2009, Maine voters repealed a legislatively passed gay marriage law 53 percent to 47 percent.

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PA: House Considering Marriage Equality Ban

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Pennsylvania Gay Marriage BanA Pennsylvania House panel on Tuesday will consider a resolution that seeks to ban gay marriage in the state.

The House State Government Committee will take up the issue when it meets at 9AM at the Capital. Representative Daryl Metcalfe’s proposal would amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to ban recognition of any “substantial equivalent” to heterosexual marriage. The Republican lawmaker introduced his measure last year.

“The institution of traditional marriage has never been under greater attack,” Metcalfe said in introducing the amendment. “This not only includes the special interests who want to permanently redefine marriage, but unfortunately the executive branch and the federal Department of Justice who have blatantly and recklessly refused to uphold and defend its constitutionality. Once again, it falls to the responsibility of state lawmakers to restore the rule of law and carry out the will of the people.”

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House GOP Appeals DOMA Decision in California

Friday, February 24th, 2012

DOMA Ruling AppealOn Wednesday a federal court struck down Section 3 of DOMA as unconstitutional. Today GOP House Speaker John Boehner ordered that ruling appealed.

In court papers, a group of congressional Republicans defending the federal gay marriage ban revealed they are appealing the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit will become the second federal appeals court to now consider the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a 16-year-old law known as DOMA.

The Obama administration has sided with Golinski in the case, arguing that DOMA is unconstitutional. Republicans, led by House Speaker John Boehner, have jumped in to defend the law, filing the notice of appeal on Friday. With cases unfolding in several federal courts, many experts predict the issue will wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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RI: Marriage Equality Bill Introduced in House

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Rhode Island Marriage Equality BillA marriage equality bill was among the three LGBT rights measures that state lawmakers introduced on Thursday.State Rep. Art Handy (D-Cranston) and state Sen. Rhoda Perry (D-Providence) introduced the Equal Access to Marriage Act in the House of Representatives.

A marriage equality bill was introduced last year, but gay House Speaker Gordon Fox (D-Providence) withdrew it after he said there were not enough votes for it to pass. Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed (D-Newport) opposes marriage for same-sex couples. Both chambers are controlled by Democrats.

Fox instead backed supported a civil union bill that lawmakers passed last June. Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the measure into law in July.

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