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Quick same-sex marriage update
Mar. 26th, 2009 01:24 pmI really should be working, but I've been following news article for the past few days waiting for a right moment to post and I'm finally doing it now because 1) the stories are probably going to become confusing and 2) I'm afraid I'm going to start confusing New England states.
VERMONT:
A bill that would legalize same-sex marriage has been approved by the Senate (by a large margin, 24 to 6) and it's now moved to the House. It's expected to pass (though by a narrower margin) there, but it doesn't really matter because the governor has said he will veto the bill. Basically a pretty common narrative for when states try to go the legislative way, before the state's Supreme Court intervenes. There is apparently a chance that the House vote could override the veto if the bill garners enough support, but I wouldn't expect it.
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
After voting a first time against legalizing same-sex marriage (by one vote), NH representatives revoted and turns out that wait, yeah, they want to legalize same-sex marriage after all. (Not sure what happened there? Me neither.) The bill now moves to the Senate, and the governor has not said whether he would veto the bill, but he's against same-sex marriage, so I wouldn't be too optimistic there.
Interestingly enough, both states already have civil unions that same-sex couples can contract. That's also the case in New Jersey, so I'm curious to see if things are going to move ahead there too.
In the meanwhile, New York will now recognize married lesbian parents in the case of a biological birth (screw you, people who adopt and try to help out kids), NY Senator Charles Schumer has moved into the 21st-century and now supports same-sex marriage, and Massachusetts is trying to pass an anti-discrimination bill that would include gender identity.
Bottom line: New England is turning gayer every day.
VERMONT:
A bill that would legalize same-sex marriage has been approved by the Senate (by a large margin, 24 to 6) and it's now moved to the House. It's expected to pass (though by a narrower margin) there, but it doesn't really matter because the governor has said he will veto the bill. Basically a pretty common narrative for when states try to go the legislative way, before the state's Supreme Court intervenes. There is apparently a chance that the House vote could override the veto if the bill garners enough support, but I wouldn't expect it.
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
After voting a first time against legalizing same-sex marriage (by one vote), NH representatives revoted and turns out that wait, yeah, they want to legalize same-sex marriage after all. (Not sure what happened there? Me neither.) The bill now moves to the Senate, and the governor has not said whether he would veto the bill, but he's against same-sex marriage, so I wouldn't be too optimistic there.
Interestingly enough, both states already have civil unions that same-sex couples can contract. That's also the case in New Jersey, so I'm curious to see if things are going to move ahead there too.
In the meanwhile, New York will now recognize married lesbian parents in the case of a biological birth (screw you, people who adopt and try to help out kids), NY Senator Charles Schumer has moved into the 21st-century and now supports same-sex marriage, and Massachusetts is trying to pass an anti-discrimination bill that would include gender identity.
Bottom line: New England is turning gayer every day.
