Marriage Equality Moving Forward

Posted by Staff on June 4, 2009 |

By Courtney Costello- Talk Radio News Service

Since New Hampshire passed a gay marriage bill yesterday, legal conversations on the issue are heating. Today, The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy held an update on marriage equality in the United States and where the issue will stand in the future.

“When your challenging a marriage ban for same sex couples all they have to do is take out that gender requirement and everything else about marriage remains the same,” said Camilla Taylor, Senior Staff Attorney at the Midwest Regional Office for Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.

New Hampshire joins Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and Iowa, in legalizing gay marriage. New Hampshire Gay couples will be legally allowed to marry on January 1st, 2010.

“This is becoming a bipartisan issue where people from both sides, you’re seeing supporting equal rights and marriage equality,” said Chris Edelson, State Legislative Director for the Human Rights Campaign.

June 4, 2009

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