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Gay marriage: A big signal from NH GOP

  March 23, 2012

The vote margins were razor-thin two years ago, when a Democratic-controlled legislature in New Hampshire allowed same-sex couples to marry. Yet when a repeal bill came up for a vote Wednesday in a House that now has an overwhelming Republican majority, the vote wasn’t even close. The repeal bill failed by a nearly 2-to-1 majority; even most Republican members opposed it. But maybe that shouldn’t be surprising.

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