Mark one for the good guys. We’re not all the way there just yet, but NH allowing civil unions for homosexuals is definitely a step in the right direction.
Gay couples in New Hampshire will be able to join in civil unions starting next year under a bill Gov. John Lynch signed into law Thursday.
“We in New Hampshire have had a long and proud tradition taking the lead and opposing discrimination,” Lynch said. “Today that tradition continues.”
Couples who enter civil unions will have the same rights, responsibilities and obligations as married couples. Same-sex unions from other states also would be recognized if they were legal in the state where they were performed.
The inevitable liberal shift is coming in the next decade, I believe. The civil unions will spread around, then the marriages will come along. Then within a generation, the anti-homosexual crowd will be looked at the same way someone arguing for segregation looks today.
EDIT: Thank you to a few astute readers who pointed out that “arguing against segregation” is exactly the opposite of what I wanted to say.
