And for real, not like California’s implicit, we’ll-have-to-go-the-whole-way-eventually-but-not-today kinda way. New Hampshire did it right and just laid it all out there, joining such bastions of saniy and modern living as Ohio Iowa* and the Sims 3 game. That’s right, an RPG has better civil rights than 9/10 of the the USA. Welcome to the 21st century. It’s a lot stranger than we were promised.
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*As Noz pointed out in coments, I had the wrong agrarian state in the middle of nowhere. But I’m sure Ohio will come to their senses soon, too.
what’s all this about ohio? do you mean iowa? they don’t legally recognize gay marriage in ohio yet
Maine passed same-sex marriage a few weeks earlier than our New Hampshire neighbors. Unfortunately, Maine has a “people’s veto” on the books which allows the voters to overturn a recently passed law. I have no doubts that the bigots will succeed in getting enough petition signatures to put it on the ballot this fall. Hopefully, the horrific example of California will inspire the “pro” side to the polls and keep the new law on the books.
In another generation or so, this will all be a moot point anyway; it will be legal everywhere (except maybe Utah.) No sense backsliding in the meantime, though.
Ohio, Iowa, same damn thing. But yes. That one.