New Hampshire Says No to Gay Marriage/Bathroom Bill/Death Penalty Repeal

  Today the senate committee voted to kill three bills that passed the New Hampshire house earlier this year; gay marriage, the bathroom bill, and the repeal of the death penalty.

  The committee voted 3-2 to kill the gay marriage bill claiming that civil unions gave the same rights to gay couples as marriage so there was no need to change the definition of marriage.

  New Hampshire became the first state in the country to pass a civil union or gay marriage law the correct way without the threat of judicial interference. Whether or not you agree with civil unions it was done through legislation by the legislature elected by the people and not through the over extension of the judiciary.

  The civil union law in New Hampshire states that if a question arises within a civil union that the law of traditional marriage is to be referred to. This is equal rights for gay couples, just without the name. And that is how the committee saw it also.

 In the state house the governor is breathing a sigh of relief. He claims that he is against gay marriage but was feeling the pressure from his party to sign this bill if it made it to his desk. He refused to say whether he would sign it or not, hoping that the decision would be made for him before it made it to his desk. It was.

  The committee vote 5-0 to kill the bathroom bill. This bill would have  allowed men who identify themselves as women, even if they are men to use any bathroom that they want to. All a man would have to do is claim that he feels like a woman and he would be able to use the women’s room. This would have opened the door to any potential sexual predator to stalk women in the bathrooms. The committee seeing the possible dangers shot this bill down convincingly.

  Both of the above bills originally failed in the house but after a short recess the liberals were able to persuadeenough Democrats to change their votes. The bills were brought up for reconsideration and passed. Today justice was served considering the coercion that was applied to Democrat party members who didn’t toe the company line the first time around.

  Michael Addison was sentenced to death, he is currently on death row. He put a gun to  Manchester police officer Michael Briggs head and pulled the trigger. Officer Briggs held on to life for a few days but finally succumbed to his wounds and left behind a wife and two children. This case was cut and dry, there is no doubt about weather Michael Addison was guilty. He did it and now he must die according to a jury of his peers.

  Opponents of the death penalty used the publicity of this case to bring a bill forward to repeal the death penalty. Today the committee voted 3-2 to kill the bill. The committee voted to recommend a study on the issue and then come back to the table.

  Overall this was a good week for New Hampshire. With the special election victory of Republican Jeb Bradley, and the news that moonbat Representative Carol Shea-Porter may be in trouble in the 2010 elections it feels like things may be beginning to turn around.