NH: Gay Marriage Foes Bringing Up Issue at Town Meetings
Gay marriage opponents have begun a grass-roots effort to challenge New Hampshire's new gay marriage law by raising the issue at town meetings this spring. Rep. David Bates, a Republican from Windham, is organizing a petition drive to ask town voters if they want state lawmakers to place a constitutional amendment on gay marriage on a future general election ballot.
The petition, which is nonbinding, asks if "the citizens of New Hampshire should be allowed to vote on an amendment to the New Hampshire constitution that defines marriage." However, the petition does not define marriage.
Nonbinding items on a variety of issues are often taken up at town meetings. More than 200 towns hold meetings each spring in New Hampshire.
