New Hampshire Brings In New Year With New Gay Marriage Measure, Anti-Gay Haters Camera Shy, New Jersey Civil Unions Nearly Impossible To Dissolve, Oklahoma Senator Russell Will Not Participate In Hate Crimes Act, BBC Anchor Comes Out, One Life To Live Kish Sex

At midnight, New Hampshire will become the fifth state in America union to allow same sex couples to legally marry. On October 3rd, the state began to issue marriage licenses, valid for up to ninety days, and as of Tuesday forty had been obtained. In 2007, the state afforded gay couples the right to civil unions, and it is estimated that in two years, there have been over eight hundred civil union ceremonies performed in state. On January 1st, 2011, all civil unions automatically convert to marriages. This New Year’s Eve, a number of celebrations are planned, including one in the capital city of Concord.

Proposition 8 proponents are apparently shy about their anti-gay hate, a court filing Monday by supporters of the same sex marriage ban suggesting to Judge Vaughn Walker that his intention to televise the federal trail seeking to challenge the voter amendment is illegal and unwise, adding that “some of their witness have indicated that they would not be willing to testify” if the proceedings were to air fearing harassment and intimidation. Lawyers for the plaintiffs insist that the trail is of such national importance, that there exists a profound interest in the issues.

In New Jersey, same sex couples seeking to dissolve civil unions – dissolution the legal term – are finding it more difficult to separate than they would if married and were seeking a divorce.

Oklahoma State Senator Steve Russell, Republican, as posted previously, intends to introduce legislation in 2010 that would except the state from adhering to the recently expanded and strengthened Federal Hate Crimes Act, Russell’s measure forbidding state and local law officials from cooperating with federal authorities investigating a hate crime based on sexual orientation.

BBC anchor Jane Hill has come out, revealing to the in-house publication Ariel that she is in a long term relationship with her partner Sara.

One Life To Live characters Fish and Kyle – Kish to those in the know – amp up their dreamy, steamy relationship, and while I, as a big, big fan of Fish’s smoking sexy Scott Evans, could not be more pleased, it is a little odd that the same network which censored the pantomimed man on man American Music Awards action of Adam Lambert would go for broke during one of its daytime dramas.