Hearings Thursday In New Hampshire On Repeal Of State Same Sex Marriage Law

The Associated Press is reporting that hearings will be held Thursday on two bills that would repeal New Hampshire’s same sex marriage law, the marriage equality law in effect for a little over a year. House Republican Leader D.J. Bettencourt has said he ask the Judiciary Committee to keep the bill until 2012, however hearings must be held this year under House rules. The committee expects a large crowd and has reserved the House chamber for the hearings. Democratic Governor John Lynch has said he will veto a bill to repeal same sex marriage if it reaches his desk, however the Republicans, as of the November, 2010 mid-term elections, hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate, which would be enough to override a veto should the Republican caucus united in repealing same sex marriage.