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Crap-Cakes. Back to the Drawing Board
May. 20th, 2009 04:26 pmThe NH state House has rejected the gay marriage bill, 188-186. Unlike the bill passed in the NH state Senate, this bill had explicit language allowing religious institutions to discriminate against married couples.
The press is missing a key point of this: the "protections" in NH Governor Lynch's version of the bill did not just recognize the right of religious institutions to not perform a same-sex marriage; the "protections" also allowed any institution which claimed any religious support to deny benefits to the same-sex spouse of an employee.
This bill has been sent back to committee, where hopefully the proper protections can be left in, and the right to discriminate after-the-fact can be pounded out.
The press is missing a key point of this: the "protections" in NH Governor Lynch's version of the bill did not just recognize the right of religious institutions to not perform a same-sex marriage; the "protections" also allowed any institution which claimed any religious support to deny benefits to the same-sex spouse of an employee.
This bill has been sent back to committee, where hopefully the proper protections can be left in, and the right to discriminate after-the-fact can be pounded out.
