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NH House Defeats Amendment Against Gay MarriageAssociated PressThursday Mar 29, 2007 The New Hampshire House soundly defeated a proposed constitutional amendment Wednesday to limit marriage to between one man and one woman. Gay marriage opponents fought hard for the amendment, but failed to get a majority.
The House voted 233 to 124 to kill it.
Supporters argued the people had a right to vote.
Windham Republican Anthony DiFruscia said lawmakers wouldn’t be bigots to support putting the amendment on the ballot.
But Nashua Democrat Bette Lasky urged said the constitution should never be amended to restrict rights.
Plymouth Democrat Carole Estes recounted her years as a young, black woman treated as a second-class citizen in the South. She said it was ironic she now was being asked to vote to discriminate against others.
She urged its defeat.
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