Gay Unions Advancing in NH

According to this article:

Efforts to extend the legal rights of marriage to same-sex couples are gaining momentum in the State House, Democratic and Republican lawmakers say.

Today, lawmakers are scheduled to hold a public hearing on a bill that would create same-sex "spousal unions," which would afford same-sex couples the same legal benefits as marriage. The proposal is the first of several bills this year designed to create some form of union or gay marriage. Although lawmakers don't know the extent of support for the measures, several said that an effort to extend rights to same-sex couples might win considerable backing.

Good for NH. While I think that nothing less than full marriage equality -- not just the "separate is equal" status of civil unions -- is required in a just society, I've come to accept the fact that in an Anne Coulter world CUs may be the best we can hope for and may possibly become a stepping stone to the fully marriage monty.

Meanwhile, in DC, the fight for full marriage rights is so controversial within the gay community that a guest editorialist in the WashBlade feels compelled to make the case not for gay marriage, per se, but the need to talk about it civilly.

I make the case for moving forward for marriage equality in the district here.