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Article: Civil unions advance in N.H. - Governor says he will sign bill now in Senate
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2007
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Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire said yesterday that he would
sign legislation establishing civil unions, removing what was seen as
the last significant barrier to its passage.
Lynch's decision means that if the state Senate approves the bill
next week, as anticipated, the state long known as the craggy old
stronghold of New England conservatism would become just the fourth
in the nation to permit civil unions and only the second to do it
voluntarily, without a court order.
The state's popular Democratic governor took a position on civil
unions for the first time yesterday in an interview with the
Associated Press. He had previously come out against same-sex