Trans-gender rights bill passes House by one vote

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If I learned one thing from reading the this article it's the incredible ignorance of the majority of the commenters on the issues of transsexualism.

It's not an issue of homosexuality (most are heterosexual), not an issue of perversion (gender identification is innate), not an issue of confusion (gender identity is imprinted at birth), not an issue of psychology (there is not one documented case of psychology or psychiatry changing one's gender identity), not an issue of lifestyle choice (gender is not a lifestyle nor does one have the ability to choose it)...it IS an innate biophysiological neueral intersex condition of gender.

One would think the citizens of New Hampshire would know that. It's refreshing that at least their legislators do.
- Susan, League City, Texas

reading all these opinions is sorta comical. First of all, you make it sound like the bathrooms dont have stalls, and that these so called predators, are watching our kids pee. Every womens room Ive ever been in has had individual stalls. Secondly, if you go to your nh sexual predator listing you will see that nh has one of the highest listings of sexual predators...and they are NOT transgendered!!!! I have befriended a few transgendered people, and they are intellegent, educated, entertaining, and very caring people I am proud to call Friends. I am more fearful of other people who ARE NOT transgendered, then these few, being around my child.
Not everyone has to agree with others choices being made, however, we should respect all people. Passing judgement on people who dont know ( or, maybe you DO know, and are not aware they may be transgendered...lol) isnt cool.
I am a parent, and I am more concerned about priests, teachers, and others viewed by all of you as "normal'.
A transgendered person...male to female, is NOT going to brasingly walk into a womans room and flaunt themselves....Nor are they gonna walk in looking like a GUY..therefore your children wont be coming out of the rest room saying there is a MAN in there...My gosh people!! I am sure most of you are educated, but truly IGNORANT! I only hope that for your children, cousins, neices or nephews, do not make this choice in life, because I would feel bad if they have to feel such hate from supposed loves ones!
- mary, hudson, nh

When will the citizens in this State stand up?
- eddie, manchester

So sad deviant behavior is being legislated as normal. What citizen group brought this forward? Who do they represent? Come on heterosexuals start telling your representatives and those deviant representatives what you want, e.g. protection for heterosexuals, family (man married to a women w/wo children. Vote the deviants and their staffs out of NH. Show up to be counted at these bill hearings and votes. Speak at the hearings. Write daily if necessary your representatives. Give financial support to groups organizing against this absurd "nondiscrimination" legislation which actually discriminates against heterosexuals. Or you are going to be living in Sodom and Gomorrah formerly called New Hampshire and the United States of America. Give up a days work before you workplace, neighborhood, town, state is unfit for regular folk to live here.
- Jan, Londonderry, NH

Why is the Union Leader not investigating how our legislators are wasting taxpayer dollars every year as they take baby steps to try and slip all this ridiculous crap under our noses. Civil unions was passed and numerous state agencies had to throw out thousands of dollars in forms, pay to print new ones, pay to have software applications changed to accomodate the new choices and now less than two years later they inch forward a little more and the same thing will now happen again. All this while they talk about layoffs and budget shortfalls. All this money being wasted again and if you read supporters comments they are not done yet. So in another year or so they are going to try and have the term marriage removed. But hey the paper mills will love us as will all the computer folks that charge us hundreds of thousands of dollars to change the systems yet again.

Everyone needs to stop arguing the religious points and tell your legislator that you are not going to put up with their continuing to waste our money because they do not have the backbone to make the change they want. Tell them that we are intelligent enough to see where they want to end up and if they strongly believe in their stance then stand up and be counted. Remind them also that they have gone too far and will be swept right back out in the next couple of elections. In case anyone is wondering I am a FORMER democrat. The party no longer represents my viewpoints. I do believe in a person's freedom to be whomever/whatever they wish, but I do not believe in legislating everyone's personal lives to meet their ideal.
- Tired of the Waste, Concord

#1 - The bill is asking for equal rights in housing and employment. Not special rights, just equal,

#2 - Transgender Male to Females are not standing to pee when using the woman's room

#3 - Don't forget for every three male to females, there's one female to male transgender person, Probably using the men's bathroom right next to you now.

#4 - Male to Females are estrogen. Also known as chemical castration. How are they supposedly able to be preditors?

#5 - As a property owner, paying up the butt in property taxes, it's nice to see I'm finally getting equal representation. Granted, I've had my same job for 22 years. But it will be nice to know I'm equally protected in maintain that job, so that I can in turn, pay yet more property taxes.

#6 - I'm a staunch, life time Republican. But in reading some of nasty comments from the Republican representatives, that may soon end. Bring on the Libertarians.

#7 - I'm also the former chairman of the Merrimack Valley Young Republicans. And I'm also a post-op transgendered person.

And yes I do vote. Every time.
- Cynthia, Goffstown

John J Adams of Wolfeboro has it spot on. Many newcomers to New Hampshire are leaving states like Mass, RI, NJ and NY. States that have been ruined by Democrats. Then they move here and vote DEMOCRAT.
- Bud, Concord

Wow Congrat NH is moving to the 21st century. Some people here need to look up and find out what Transgender means...no suprises is just a human being Im sure if you had a transgender daughter or son you wouldnt be talking like that and you would fight for him or her to be able to use a bathroom or be free so stop the bigotry , love and stop hating.
- Carlos, Franklin,NH

This may be too blunt and truthful to be posted here but every single person who voted for, supports, or condones this law is a sick pervert. No discussion, just a fact. You are sick perverted dogs and no matter how hard you pray on your deathbeds the damage you have done to innocent children in your short tenure has damned you. I fell pity and contempt for you all.
- Allan, Rochester

Focus on the budget!!!!

Is this really necessary???? There are enough laws in place on discrimination...

Prioritize! Prioritize! Prioritize!!!!!!!
- Chris Levesque, Manchester

This is an absolute disgusting disgrace. We are now going to grant rights to people just for making a personal life choice? Where does it end? Find out which representatives voted "yea" and then vote them out in the next election. They must surely be incompetent and out of touch with what the majority wants.
- Roger, Hooksett

So MA hasn't even passed this law yet?! I guess there will be a - ahem - giant sucking sound as trangengered people come north.
- Biff, Canterbury

Would this bill be applied in a similar manner to sexual harassment laws? E.g. if I wore a dress to work faced the expected hassling by co-workers, I could bring suit against my employer for failing to provide a workplace where I could freely express whatever sexual identity I felt that day?

I'm not bothered by transgendered use of bathroom. What I'm concerned about are the ranks of salivating attorneys who will inevitably use this law to leech funds from NH businesses.
- CJ, North Conway

I can always predict that whenever something happens that protects the rights of people that are different than the norm that the ignorant readers on this site will have ignorant comments to make. I wonder if some of you have ever felt like an outcast. I wonder if you'd feel differently if your child or family member was transgendered and felt like they did not have the same rights as someone who was "normal." You don't think that a sick pervert wouldn't toss on a dress now and head into a ladies room? What about the ones that like boys that go into bathrooms now? Look at the good intentions behind this bill instead of acting like the typical uneducated trash that's bitter at society in general. Ridiculous.
- Jeff, Manchester, NH

This one should be easy; if you have a penis you use one bathroom the mens room, if you don't you us the other bathroom the womens room.
- your going crazy, lebanon

Ridiculous!

Is there any common sense left to these politicians?!?!
- JAC, Manchester

WE deserve this. We start with letting men marry men. If that sicko behavior is not wrong, what could be wrong with this? Next week it will be siblings marrying each other, then two women marrying one man. Don't believe me, ....... Just wait and check back here in two years. Nothing is wrong in this society. SAD
- Tim, Lebanon

Many years ago I was in the Frankfurt airport and looking for a restroom. I finally found a men's room and women's room side by side. Both doors led to the same restroom and set of stalls. People went in, did their business, and left. No problem. So what is the big deal. Are we American's so repressed that we can't differentiate elimination from sex? Can't we urinate without exciting someone's lust? Good grief, everyone, grow up.
- Leo J, Manchester

Ryan in Manchester:
Hey genius, I have two daughters who are old enough to handle going to the bathroom alone and too old for me to take into the men's room. That kinda leaves only one option: They use the ladies room while dad waits outside. Now, thanks to our brilliant legislature, one of these transgendered freaks (and that's what they are) can waltz into the ladies room and lift their skirt in front of my girls.

Let me tell you right now: anyone with a penis who enters a ladies bathroom while my daughters are in there, will be met with the appropriate countermeasure.
- Ryan, Bedford

Speaker Norelli, so when Judge Somma dressed in drag walks into the women's restroom that my 14 year old daughter is using, I'm supposed to worry about his feelings?
- Jim DeStefano, Manchester

the NHLegislature needs to focus on issues that are important like the BUDGET. Enough with all the special interest groups.If a guy wants to go to thebathroom in a womens bathroom...who really cares. If you have to pee you have to pee. Is this really an issue....for the love of god. We are a country at war, a country in a recession and the NH House wants to debate transgender issues........have mercy!
- Mike, Manchester

This is just another example of an outdated form of Government. 400+ House members who are way overpaid at $100 per year, many of which are disfunctional persons who don't have real jobs and are out of touch with the real issues in this State. Its too bad those of us who work for a living and have to make REAL decisions every day can't serve.
- Roger, Weare

To see the yeas and the nays on this bill and all bills go to
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/nhgcrollcalls/
- Guy Plante, Manchester

The sad thing is, Mass has not even passed this law yet. We are truly screwed.
- Jon, amherst nh

The speaker of the House and the congresswoman re-introducing this bill should be RECALLED. The continued ridiculous affronts to the way of life here in NH by this House of Non-Representing Representatives is apalling and disgusting. The swarm of out-of-staters coming here and trying to mold our state to their views is the problem. If you want a New York style of existance STAY THERE. Stop trying to jam your views down our throats here in NH! I intend to do everything in my power, use every means possible to have the congressmen who introduced and sponsored this filth rag of a bill removed
- Sean, Hooksett

Brenda, what about how uncomfortable I am in the bathroom when the freak next to me is standing to pee. Who cares about their comfort level, what about mine.
- mickie, manchester

How comforting is it for those of you who voted these idiots in , to know that they wasted time on such an idiotic subject?
We are now going to attract freaks of many kinds- just what we need.
Close the border to Mass.- see what they have brought us?
- Pauline, Franklin

The degree of ignorance and hate and misdirected fear expressed on the gender discrimination issue is so appalling it is shameful.
- Lois Brier, Belmont

Every man in the state should start using the ladies room every single time they are out in public. If questioned, simply explain you are feeling like a woman today. See how fast the legislature acts to repeal this law.
- WS, Manchester

Brenda from Manchester, you must not be a parent. The thought of a biological male using the same rest room as my daughter makes me extremely "uncomfortable". Why is a transgendered's right to be "comfortable" more important than mine?

What about the psychological well-being of our children, who now have to be told that they might encounter a man in the ladies room or a woman in the mens room - is that fair to them?
- DL, Nashua

This bill is poorly worded.

The way it's worded, it defines a protected class based only on their behavior. This is a major problem.

This means that a man can indiscriminately decide to begin using the ladie's room at work, and cannot be fired for that behavior, because the very behavior itself puts him in a protected class.

This is a major can o' worms.

Gender is already a protected class. Choose one or the other. Switch if you want, as long as you're not constantly flip-flopping. We cannot start to define this vague wildcard gender - there is no way to support it, and it's ripe for abuse by those with ill intentions.
- Jose H, Manchester, NH

This is quite frankly an absurd bill. I'm sorry Brenda you feel that the people on this site are ignorant. HOwever, I agree with many of the posts. Not only is this bill unbelieveably a waste of time, but I too feel it is opening up a huge can of problems regarding sex offenders. It should be straight to the point as it is now. If you have the anatomy of a male THEN USE the men's room and vise versa. If you just like to dress like the opposite sex and haven't finished the transformation then urinate in the bathroom of your born gender.
- Mike, Litchfield

Have we learned our lesson yet?? VOTE REPUBLICAN before this state turns into Massachusetts, fiscally and socially. When is a state income tax bill going to be introduced? Or has that already occured?
- John J Adams, Wolfeboro

Brian from Swanzey,

I don't think this is imaginary. You said/quoted it right on... the bill "allows individuals to bring actions at the Human Rights Commission when they feel they have been discriminated against on the basis of their sexual identity, or the way they express it, such as with their clothing or makeup."

It is not about bathroom facilities - it is about jobs too. When a Catholic School won't hire someone becasue they had a sex change becasue it goes against the belief of the school - then they can claim discrimination under this law.

What about the boy scouts or girl scouts?
- CJ, Bedford

Once again THANK YOU NH LEGISLATORS for making us proud to be from a state that will not tolerate descrimination and stands up for the civil rights of all it's citizens.

Greg Barrett
Manchester
- Greg Barrett, Manchester

First Genderless Marriage, now Genderless Bathrooms...

Yup, change we can believe in!
- Kevin, Litchfield

To Jim in Manchester:

Number of states with similar laws on the books: 13, plus DC.

Number of cities and counties with similar laws on the books: 93.

Number of instances of violent criminals hiding behind gender identity non-discrimination law to perpetuate their crimes: 0.

Number of references to restrooms in HB 415: 0.

(Non sequitur, but needs to be said) Social worth of parents who leave their children unattended in public restrooms with random, unknown adults: 0.

Think, then speak.
- Ryan, Manchester

Scott, from Chichester,

The bozos in the legislature make $100 a year, as set by the original NH Constitution.

Apparently our founders knew the type of boobs that would be voted into office in the years ahead.

You get what you pay for. In our case, let's leave it at $100 a year. As far as I'm concerned it's way too much.

This Democrat Controlled legislature is concerned with nothing except liberal causes.
- Melvin, Keene

No, Sarah, you can't call the police, that's the point. If you do, they can sue you as a hate crime now.

I think we need to start with a revolution right here before taking it national. This is well over the line. And I mean that. Revolution. Not a figure of speech.
- Jason S., Concord

I have two young daughters, to think that some sicko can put on a dress and use the girls room is a terible thought. How do you protect young girls from sicko's who put on a dress and claim there a women just to get at young girls in a public restroom. This is crazy!
- Jim, Manchester

Scott in Chichester: the average and only wage is $100.00 a year. Do the math.
- Anna, Manchester, NH

The solution to this problem is actually pretty simple. Persons confused about their gender should use the Unisex or Family restroom. Most newer facilities do offer these restrooms. To waste time and money on this stuff is just crazy.
- Waz, Manchester, NH

"How dare the legislature put honest American citizens at risk from these people?" What?????

I must ask, at risk of what? They don't want to pee ON you, they just want to pee where they feel most comfortable. Jeesh, what are you all afraid of. They just want protection from being told they can't go in the bathroom they feel most comfortable in. People should stop caring about crap that has ZERO impact on their lives. Why do you care where they pee?

I'm similarly concerned that on a list of priorities in legislature today, given the state of the world, that this is even needs to be said, but I do think it is a legitimate bill.

I have a transgendered friend who identifies as a woman, and wants to be in the bathroom with women and trust me you would never know the difference. If women don't want her there, she has to use the men's room, in a dress. That would set off far more flairs, don’t you think. The fact that we have to talk at all about where someone can take care of a natural bodily function is ridiculous.

So Nate in Litchfield, by your logic...if you're in a bar, and there are two bathrooms and this American citizen comes up to you in line in the bathroom - how do you feel about that person doing their business in the stall next to yours if that person is biologically male? What if you found out later she was BIOLOGICALLY female. How has that affected your life in any teeny tiny way? I mean really affected? He peed next to you and left you had no other interaction with you? You didn't even make eye contact. Are you hitting on people in there? Touching each other? No? So what difference did it make for you? Was your pee less satisfying. Did it somehow take away from your peeing experience? I don’t get it.

It's absurd we have to have a law to protect someone on their right to pee. THAT is the insanity here. That we HAVE to have an amendment at all. And that, my friends, is not government's fault, that's the fault of ignorant people begrudging a human being from peeing where they feel most comfortable.

Absurd.
- Brenda, Manchester, NH

Folks, you can thank the Democrat controlled NH House for this one! This and their other crazy actions like proposing new taxes in times like there instead of cutting back, are sealing their fate - Democrats will surely be in the minority after the next election. Until then I wonder how much more damage they can do over the next 18 months.
- Matt, Merrimack

They wanted to exempt private and religious schools, employers who need women or men in certain positions, churches, rental unit owners, and health care facilities. All the amendments were defeated in order by the roughly the same 70-vote margin.

Seriously, I am Catholic and a catholic school, or church that does not believe in certain behaviors should not be forced to accept them. I'll play the separate church and state card on my side for once.

Just wait till TSA can't hire a woman and must hire a man because of this law at MHT, will a woan be frisked by a man - that doesn't see right.

Will roommate want-adds be prohibited from asking "woman" or "man" only? What is next - we can't ask for non-smokers? How about singles adds - by asking for a specific sex - isn't that discrimination.

Proponents of this bill says that it is for housing and employment - then the bill should and been limited to that.

For every rule ther must be exceptions. These people want their rights protected, well I want mine too - no trans-gendered people teaching my kid a a private catholic school.
- CJ, Bedford

Hmmmm, this bill is so important that the Speake of the House felt compelled to take to the floor? This bill is a ridiculous waste of time and money when the legislature should be focused on the budget. Or is the Democratic leadership at a loss on how to solve the fiscal problems so they spend all their time on social issues? Talk not NH for the 2010 election.......let's vote for common sense and fiscal conservativeness.
- April Mason, Stratham

roughly 400 people WASTED two hours on this garbage.

I'd like to know the average wage of these clowns so I can do a little math as I'm sure this stupid "bill" costs the NH taxpayers a couple hundred thousand dollars or better.

These liberal demons will probably spend about ten minutes voting down the death penalty as it's apparent that the "confused" need more time to think about what is right and what is wrong in NH.
- scott, chichester

All this time I thought the law covered everybody against discrimination. This is right up there with having to put a "Caution, contents are hot" label on hot beverage containers.

But then again....
I guess now we will have to hire transexuals to watch our children at daycare centers. I'm glad my child stays at home. It'll be great when the kids start asking how Ms. Smith can stand up while she goes #1.
- Bill, Dunbarton

We need to put this type on legislature on ballot

You may have won the battle, but not the war. We know who votes for this nonsense, and we can vote you OUT!!!
- Harry, Atkinson

Not only does this bill not make sense in light of the urgent fiscal policy decisions the Democrat-controlled House should be focusing on, it is a legal quagmire for businesses who will now be forced to allow men who dress up as women use the women’s (and GIRLS’) bathroom facilities. Have Democrats and other liberals taken leave of their senses? What possible good can come out of this? If a man is still *built* as a man, they have no right in the bathroom with women. Wait until the first mother hears from a crying girl that a “creepy man” was staring at her as she used a bathroom. And I hope and pray that’s ALL that ever happens there. For the Democrat’s sake.
- Stephen A., Manchester

I am waiting for the first transgender dog bill to be proposed. What if my dog is discriminated against by anothe dog because my dog is confused with his identity? What happens then? What laws can another special interest group create?
This is all getting so out of hand. Next thing you know, people with blonde hair will have a law passed for them, people with brunette hair will have one passed for them...next thing you know, there will be standards for people with blue eyes, green eyes, hazel eyes....the list goes on. DISCRIMINATION is discrimination. No new laws are needed. If you feel you have been discriminated against, file your complaint.....geez
- Jeff, Manchester

When is someone going to pass a law that protects me?? I'm an aging, white, Christian, male, who was born in America, pay my taxes, obey the law and own a home. Why am I ALWAYS getting shafted while everybody else rides my coat tails??? Where is MY legislation and protection???
- michael, londonderry

This is ludicrous. I can't believe our 'reps' are even wasting their time on this stupidity. I can tell you one thing - If I happen to see one of these confused gender people using a bathroom (a he/she that wants to pass off as a woman but is clearly a man in the women's bathroom and vice versa), I WILL call the police!
- Sarah, Concord

From the article, "After more than three hours of debate that opened today’s session, the House voted 188-187 to pass the bill. The bill postponed the crushing business of passing a $11.5 billion, two-year state budget." THREE HOURS on this crap??? Do we NOT have more important items on our agenda? I see these Reps driving on I-93 while I drive to work in the morning and can't help but laugh at what these idiots will think of debating and voting on next? Give me a break!
- Janet, Littleton

I'm speachless. Seriously? They actually VOTED on this? TWICE? LOL! Transgender rights? Oh my goodness. What else weird can we vote on? May as well just allow gambling and prostitution. It's all that's left to finish the destruction of American society.
- Jon, Manchester

This is outrageous. If you were born a man, your a man. That is what you are. I don't care what you feel you are, your a man. I can discriminate all I want and the New Hampshire legislature can not dictate what I say or who I hire. I do not recognize someones "gender change". If you are born a man, i'm calling you a man and I don't care what you say. We don't need to treat these people like a special minority, they did the "transformations" themselves. There is something wrong with them. "Hey, I feel like i'm a dolphin. So i'm not a man anymore, i'm a dolphin. So you better have a dolphin bathroom or i'm going to sue for discrimination"
- Nate, Litchfield

"I mean what's the difference between letting a man in the women's room or letting a gay woman in?"

Oh my. One would think the difference between a man in the woman's room and a woman in the woman's room would be apparent. I don't why the woman has to be gay, I'm pretty sure that straight women use the bathroom, too. Yes, let's single the "gender confused" out even more than they single themselves out by marking a bathroom "gender confused". Thanks for the chuckle, Tracy.
- Bill, Manchester

To those who are upset that 4 hours were spent on this, despite it being the last day for the House to pass a budget:

Lay the blame squarely on the Republican reps (the socially arch-conservative faction, not the party as a whole) who used every delay tactic possible: over a dozen amendments; numerous motions to table, postpone, etc; calling a time-consuming roll call on EVERY SINGLE VOTE (knowing full well what the margin would be); unfounded parliamentary disputes; etc.

These are the exact same people who, up until today, dismissed the bill, saying it was not worthy of their time and the budget was more important. Obviously, they give plenty of reason to doubt their sincerity.

The reconsideration was a courtesy to other members because the original vote was so late in the day, over 50 reps had to leave before it was put forth.

Had that faction just let the vote happen at the beginning of the day, it would have taken 10 minutes, the result would have been the same, and they could have gotten down to business with the budget.
- Ryan Marvin, Manchester

I think we need legislation to reduce the size of the idiotic legislature. They have no priorities other than special interests. Let's reduce the size and get some of these block heads more time at home
- Dale, Portsmouth

This is the most irrational and stupid "bill" I've ever heard of. If some minority humanoid is so screwed up that they can't figure out whether they are male or female - then the rest of the populace WHO DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE have let them go wherever they want to pee in order to continue to let them live their pathetically screwed up lives in peace?! How dare the legislature put honest American citizens at risk from these people?
What they need is a good psychiatrist not pandering to.
Legislators PAY ATTENTION TO REDUCING SPENDING AND CUTTING TAXES!!!!!!!
And I want to know who in the legislature introduced and supported this bill because I will make it my next crusade to make sure they are run out of the legislature at the first opportunity.
- sandy, thornton

Glad to see Joe McQuad's lies and fear mongering fell on deaf ears.
- Cynthia, Goffstown

Thank you, House Republicans, for wasting over two hours of the legislature's time with frivolous amendments to this bill when there's a state budget to address. It served as a good reminder why Republicans have been relegated to minority status in this state since 2006.
- Dan, Manchester

I've been a NH resident all of my life, and I have seen some lackluster periods where our NH house & senate have not measured up to their duties, but these past several years of Democratic rule have bordered on the absurd. To be taking up this bill.......again, shows such an incredible disconnect from reality that you just have to sit back and smack your head.
- Jay Collins, Laconia

My son has a few baseball games he doesn't like the result of. Can we go back and replay those, too?
- M.D., Plainfield

This is ludicrous. I can't wait for the 1st jerk to be caught in a ladies bathroom and claim he is trans-gender and a woman. Then when arrested he can sue for discrimination "on the basis of their sexual identity". At what point does the law allow you to be classified a woman. Do you have to sign up in advance like a 30 day waiting period or can you decide the second you get caught. If I am a man and want to be woman but still like women sexually, does that make me a trans-lesbian? Or just confused
- Jim, Loudon

I think bathrooms need to be based on your human plumbing but hey if you guys want to use the ladies room I will be sure to use the locking FAMILY bathroom that Wal-Mart and Home Depot have.

Sexual predators use EVERY ADVANTAGE THEY CAN and I know it is not fair to my gay lesbian and transgendered friends and I feel badly but hey its the law I will live by it as they should understand the fear that us moms face as it is with bathrooms.
- Bridie, Winchester

Hopefully, Governor Lynch will veto this, but we'll see. Folks, next November, remember what the priorities of most of the Democrats are, and vote accordingly.
- mo, derry

When the right-wing worries about "the budget", they ought to look at their house to see if it is in order. Example, each roll call vote taken in the NH House COSTS a minimum of $1,000. How may were taken just this AM on HB415? The far majority of such roll calls come from the Republicans. Wait. Aren't they the ones who are always whining about the Democrats spending money on frivolous items? Hmmm. Forget party lines, look at the facts!
- Jay, Manchester, NH

I would hope the Unionleader in reporting this story will report who was bought off to switch there votes. If they can continously call a vote for a bill that doesn't pass, can we continuously call for a vote if it does pass?

Wasting time and money in Concord. Don't worry...we will not forget come election time.
- Steve, Derry

Absolutely pathetic. You'd think they have more important agenda items.... oh wait...
- Tom, Merrimack

oh my dear Lord, we continue to go lower into the pit with each of these bills.

Is this really New Hampshire I'm in?
- donna, windham

Just remember, if this passes, if there's a middle-aged man in a dress following your little girl into the ladies' room to try to watch her use the potty, you can't say anything, or that's a Hate Crime.

If you voted for Democrats, this is what you get.
- Mike R., Bedford

Glad to see that some in the House apparently do not have enough to do outside of bending to lobbyists. This bill is apparently SO important to them that it's already been revived. If only our wonderful state Legislature could put this much effort into cutting spending and fixing the budget they screwed up. Wouldn't it be nice if they could do something useful for EVERYONE in the state and not just certain special interest groups? I know I know, my "hate and intolerance" is showing. There, I said it before a left wing moonbat hypocrite got to say it.
- Mike, Temple

Don't we have a budget to worry about. This was voted down lets move on.
- BuzzinNH, Brookline

There should be 3 types of bathrooms...Men's room, Women's room and Gender confused room. I mean what's the difference between letting a man in the women's room or letting a gay woman in?
- Tracy, Manchester, NH