A bill authorizing civil unions for gays has been passed in New Hampshire, becoming the first state to authorize same-sex unions without the threat of a court order. The Senate passed the bill 14-10, after which it was sent to Governor John Lynch who stated a week ago that he will be signing the bill. Democratic Senator Joe Foster stated that "We're making this move not because some court some place is telling us that we must...We do so today because it is the right thing to do." Two years ago, a study panel unanimously agreed that the consideration of same-sex marriage was completely out of the question, so this proves to be quite a turn-around. New Hampshire will join New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont to be the first few states to offer civil unions in the United States next month.
This is a hot topic, especially in Canada where same-sex marriage is allowed by the government. In my eyes it is completely fine for same-sex marriage to be endorsed by any government, I feel that the idea of same-sex marriage in now way hampers the running of any nation and there seems to be no logical explanation for not allowing same-sex marriage, aside from it being outside the norms of modern society's views on civil unions. It is promising to see that some states are leaning more towards this ideology today, and I hope that more states change their legislature to support same-sex marriage in the future.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-NY-Civil-Unions.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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