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Yuck. So much for the "live free" portion of the state slogan.

New Hampshire's House Judiciary Committee held a hearing last night regarding HB 1264, which is a bill that would allow businesses that do not support marriage equality to DENY services to same-sex couples - or any kind, for that matter - based on their religious values, AND would protect them from a civil claim of action for such!

It reads:

Tags: civil rights act of 1964, discriminatory, equal rights, federal, gay rights, hb 1264, house judiciary committee, new hampshire

Despite his competition's digs at him against his Bain record, Mitt Romney actually won New Hampshire.

And no, no McCain this time to endorse President Obama instead, ha!

While Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry both tried hard to tear him down, with Perry even comparing what he did to Bain as a vulture leaving a skeleton behind, Mitt pulled through.

He says:

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Tags: gop, john mccain endorsing obama, mitt romney, new hampshire, newt gingrich, president obama, rick perry, south carolina

Right on!

During GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's stop in New Hampshire today, gay veteran Bob Garon totally put Mitt in his place!

While at his NH campaign stop, Mitt sat down at a table next to Garon and shouted "Vietnam veteran!"

At that point, Garon questioned Romney about New Hampshire's gay marriage law, and he asked the presidential candidate if he supported a repeal of the law, which "allows same-sex couples to get married."

Here's what Romney had to say in response:

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Tags: barack obama, bob garon, candidate, equal rights for all, gay verteran, gop, mitt romney, new hampshire, same sex couples, same sex marriage

Well, at least this wasn't AS cringe-inducing as Rick's previous flub! We suppose that's a positive sign! LOLz!

Check out the video (above) of Texas Governor/Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry messing up both the voting age AND election date during a speech in New Hampshire earlier today.

Yikes! All of the eighteen year olds working on Perry's campaign probably needed a drink after that one!

Wait…it's legal to have a drink at eighteen, right????

HA!

Tags: election date, flub, governor, new hampshire, oops, pereztv, presidential candidate, rick perry, texas, video, voting age

Go New Hampshire!

We are VERY pleased to announce that all six staffers on Michele Bachmann's New Hampshire team quit on Thursday!

Here's what former Republican state legislator Fran Wendelboe had to say about it:

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Tags: big blow, dadt, dont ask dont tell, fran wendelboe, iowa, michele bachmann, new hampshire, republican

This is just so unfortunate.

Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, announced to the Disocese of New Hampshire that he will be stepping down from his position in 2013, due to the public's backlash against him for his sexual preference!

During his announcement in a speech to his congregation on Saturday, he explained:

"The fact is, the last seven years have taken their toll on me, my family and you. Death threats, and the now-worldwide controversy surrounding your election of me as bishop have been a constant strain, not just on me, but on my beloved husband, Mark. New Hampshire is always the place I remain, simply, 'the bishop.' This is the one place on earth where I am not 'the gay bishop.' I believe that you elected me because you believed me to be the right person to lead you at this time. The world has sometimes questioned that, but I hope you never did."

Such an unbelievable shame, but we can understand why that kind of constant hatred and bigotry would be too much for someone - even if he is a bishop!

We're proud of him for being brave enough in the first place to accept the position, and paving the way for other Episcopalians and Anglicans to take on positions of power in the church, despite sexual preference!

Thoughts??

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Tags: announcement, backlash, bishop v. gene robinson, death threats, diocese, episcopal church, gay, husband, new hampshire, open, public, retirement, sad

This is kind of a bummer.

Two of the oldest people in the world passed away this past Sunday - and only HOURS apart.

What are the odds of that??!

Mary Joesphine Ray, who was the oldest living person in the USA, died at 114 in New Hampshire.

She apparently had remained ACTIVE until about two weeks before her passing!

AMAZING!

Her granddaughter, Katherine Ray, said:

"She just enjoyed life. She never thought of dying at all. She was planning for her birthday party."

Daisey Bailey, who was just a month shy of 114, died hours later in Detroit. She was unfortunately suffering from dementia.

L. Stephen Coles, director of the Gerontology Research Group, said:

"It's very rare that two of our supercentenarians die on the same day."

Yeah, seriously. WOW.

So, so sad.

It must be hard to outlive your family and friends, but we hope they both lived full and happy lives!

We sincerely hope Mary and Daisey are somewhere at peace.

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Tags: 114 years old, birthday, daisey bailey, detroit, gerontology research group, katherine ray, l. stephen coles, mary josephine ray, new hampshire, oldest living people, rip, sad