Gay Marriage Amendment

BOSTON -- Attorney General Martha Coakley is arguing in new court filings that the federal law defining marriage as the union between a man and woman forces Massachusetts to discriminate against its residents and violates the traditional rights of

Gay marriage became legal in the state on January 1st but conservative Republicans quickly announced plans to seek repeal.

CONCORD — Six weeks after New Hampshire legalized gay marriage, the House overwhelmingly defeated two measures Wednesday that would have taken away their right to marry.

New Hampshire House members yesterday soundly defeated two efforts by conservatives to roll back gay marriage laws in New Hampshire.

Associated Press - February 17, 2010 5:45 PM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's House has rejected a bill that would have repealed the state's 6-week-old gay marriage law.

The New Hampshire House today rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have barred gay marriage in New Hampshire. CACR 28 defined marriage in this state by saying it can only be between a man and a woman.

The New Hampshire House on Monday soundly rejected a bill repealing the state's new gay marriage law, only an hour after it rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have barred gay marriage in the state.

Associated Press - February 17, 2010 4:45 PM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's House has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one...

There is still no official winner in the Republican gubernatorial primary, but frontrunner Bill Brady has been busy back in the State Senate in Springfield, where he recently proposed a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage.

CONCORD (AP) - Opponents of gay marriage are asking the House to repeal New Hampshire’s six-week-old law legalizing the unions. They also want the House to back a proposed constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.