May 19, 2009
Gay marriage gains momentum in U.S.
by Charles Lewis
National Post
A sense of momentum among gay rights activists and the election of a liberal African-American president have combined to push more states to adopt pro same-sex marriage laws in the past year.
Three states -- Iowa, Vermont and Maine -- have made same-sex marriage legal in the past few months and New York and New Hampshire are on the verge of doing the same.
In fact, John Lynch, Governor of New Hampshire and a longtime opponent of gay marriage, said on Wednesday he would not veto a pro-gay-marriage bill that just passed the state legislature.
Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to make it legal, in 2003, and Connecticut followed suit last year.
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