Here is today's editorial by the publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader, Joseph W. McQuaid:
As this newspaper has pointed out, Lynch has said repeatedly that he believes the institution of marriage is and should be preserved for one man and one woman. Civil unions, which Lynch signed, cover any legal question of equity for homosexual couples. Protecting marriage is not a question of equity.
Neither Lynch nor the Democratic legislative majority embraced gay marriage as a campaign issue. The legislators were largely silent. Lynch gave every indication that he was opposed, as a matter of deep-seated belief.
Now, he has decided there are votes on both sides of this issue and he is trying to get them both, giving himself cover with his request for changes in the bill. But the fact remains that he thinks he can get away with this waffling position and still win a record-breaking fourth term next year.
We don’t think so. We think Gov. “Flinch,’’ as we heard him described the other day, has just lost, big time.
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