Three months after Congress voted to ban the military’s controversial Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy banning openly gay service members, gay rights advocates have been dealt a serious blow. Next January, New Hampshire’s legislature is likely to hold a vote to repeal the state’s law permitting same-sex marriage. One proposed bill would prohibit same-sex marriage and another would prevent the state from recognizing any union that is not between a man and a woman. The move will force the GOP presidential field to confront the issue of gay marriage on the eve of the first-in-the-nation primary.
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