Recently, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch's request to pass a same-sex marriage bill was denied by the state's Senate. I was appalled to see this bill not passed because it was one of Lynch's promises to voters.
The reason for not passing the bill was due to religious groups, who felt the issue needed to be further examined before put into law. This is absolutely ridiculous. New Hampshire should have been the sixth state to pass the bill, following in the footsteps of Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut. But because of religious fanatics, the bill was put on hold.
These people have absolutely no right to deny people of the same sex to live happy lives together. Religion is supposed to teach tolerance and acceptance, so why is same-sex marriage withheld from these teachings? Because the Bible says so.
If we listened to everything the Bible says there would still be slavery and submission of women to men. It should be taken figuratively, not literally.
And, what ever happened to separation of church and state? Why is New Hampshire refusing to pass a bill to appease religious groups? That does not seem democratic or right to me.
We are well into the 21st century right now, so why can't people accept different things like same-sex marriage. It is only two people who wish to spend their lives together; that does not seem weird to me, but romantic and righteous.
The government has absolutely no right to say who Americans can and cannot marry. What’s next? Telling us what to eat for breakfast or what clothes to wear? If something is different, it should be embraced, or at least tolerated, rather than thrown out like last night’s leftovers.
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