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John Lynch (D) signs the New Hampshire bill or allows it to become law without his signature, New Hampshire will become the sixth state to legalize marriages of same-sex couples, leaving Rhode Island as the only New England holdout.<\/p>\n<p>The movement in Maine and New Hampshire came faster than even gay rights advocates had expected and with bipartisan support in both places, suggesting that the question of same-sex marriage is losing some of its resonance as a divisive societal and political issue, at least in the Northeast. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231224215642\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/06\/AR2009050601681.html?hpid=topnews\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Click here to read this entire article.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on this issue, please visit Linda Harvey at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionamerica.com\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Mission America<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Keith B. 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