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New Hampshire set to become sixth state to butt out of contracts between two people whose genitalia aren’t different.
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June 4th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Still the 50th state that thinks its the government’s job to define marriage.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Yea marriage is legally a contract the state defines…how nice of them to broaden their definition. How very “L”ibertarian of them.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:48 am
It’s not butting out of, it’s co-signing, but it’s de minimis.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I think you have it a little backwards, Unc. The NH legislature has extended the taxpayer marriage subsidy to same-sex couples. This has nothing to do with their right to marry or to contract freely.
Note, that I don’t necessarily disagree with the legislature, but the ‘this is a civil rights issue’ meme needs to be stomped on wherever found.
Respectfully,
Pol
June 4th, 2009 at 11:22 am
My marriage is in jeopardy now! Oh noes!1!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
It’ll help the bed-and-breakfast business. In this economy, they need all the help they can get. It’ll all also help a handfull of actual New Hampshire resident old lesbians avoid probate.
June 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Ok, that “It’ll *all* also help”, worries me. When did I start talking Southern?
June 4th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
The NH legislature has extended the taxpayer marriage subsidy to same-sex couples
NH doesn’t appear to have any kind of “joint-filing” that would be beneficial to couples rather than single people. On the federal level, those marriages aren’t recognized, but if they were some studies have suggested that gay married couples would pay more in taxes as many of them would be subject to the “marriage penalty”.