{"id":5904,"date":"2012-02-29T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T13:01:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-29T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T13:01:22","slug":"new-hampshire-s-senator-shaheen-backs-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/02\/new-hampshire-s-senator-shaheen-backs-marriage-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire’s Senator Shaheen backs marriage equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (pic) supports the inclusion of same-sex marriage in the Democratic Party’s 2012 platform<\/a>. She said “Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important questions of justice. Now is the time for the Democratic Party to stand up for the rights of same-sex couples and their families.” New Hampshire became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage when Democratic Gov. John Lynch signed into law a bill that took effect January 2010. Since then, nearly 2,000 same-sex couples have married here.<\/p>\n

[via Concord Monitor<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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