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From Conerstone Policy Research (via NOW!Hampshire) comes this factoid in the NH Senate Districts that will be the swing votes in tomorrow's Senate voting:

But a broader survey of 150,000 state residents by the conservative Cornerstone Policy Research shows the opposite. According to their findings, strong majorities in key senate districts support traditional marriage:

    SD18 - Devries - 70% Support Traditional Marriage
    SD20 - D’allesandro - 65% Support Traditional Marriage
    SD2 - Reynolds - 61% Support Traditional Marriage
    SD12 - Gilmour - 57% Support Traditional Marriage
    SD15 - Larsen - 52% SUpport Traditional Marriage

“We are not surprised with the amount of public support for protecting the definition of marriage to mean: one man, one woman. We are hopeful that the Senators will listen the majority of constituents in their districts who oppose this measure to change the definition. It is clear that the citizens of New Hampshire do not want to go the way of their liberal New England neighbors,” Cornerstone Executive Director Kevin Smith said in a statement.

Apparently, Ray Buckly, leader of the LGBT lobby within the Democrat Party, is whipping his Democrat Senators hard on this vote on gay marriage tomorrow.

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Here's the email I sent to my NH Senator, Kathy Sgambati:

Dear Senator Sgambati,

As you represent NH Senate District 4 here in the Lakes Region,  I am respectfully asking that you vote down the so called Gay Marriage bill, the Transgendered bill, and the bill that would make changes to the language of the Human Rights Commission.

• I believe that the civil union bill passed a while ago covers all of the State legalities for gay couples; please do not become part of the effort to redefine the traditional definition of marriage!  I do believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.  I would hope that this does not make me a bigot in your eyes; I simply wish for marriage to stay the way it is.

• I believe that the Transgender bill, while altruistic for folks who unsure of their sexuality, will put our wives and our daughters (young and old) at risk for the sexual predators that WILL take advantage of this new law.  It is unconceivable, to me, that my fellow voters can condone this undoing of the safety of their loved ones when their sense of decorum would normally lead them to stay out of those areas themselves.  I do not wish to be forced to feel that I will feel that I have to go into a womens bathroom with my wife to ensure that she will be safe - and if this law passes, I will!  I am quite sure that a lot of traditional voters may be thinking the same thing - it is an unnecessary affrontage  to our sense of "what is right" for their loved ones' security.

• I believe that the changes to the HRC will be destructive to my free speech rights.  As we all saw with Miss California during the Miss USA contest, someone who has plainly (but politely) has been publicly excoriated by those supporting gay marriage.  And there are lawsuits being filed in California against those whose only crime is to have publicly supported Proposition 8; are you willing to be the vote that could allow a Perez Hilton type to do that to me?  Look what has happened up in Canada with their Human Rights Commissions and the problem our fellow NH citizen, Mark Steyn, had when someone felt that his speech was "offensive".  He may have the money to defend such an ordeal (I can't say trial - it isn't) - I do not.  That I must police my speech and my thoughts so as not to be "offensive" for simply expressing my belief (or that of my Pastor) like Carrie Prejean has - is that the NH way?
  

As you may know better than I, new laws can have serious negative consequences well beyond that dreamed of by the originators of their bills; all of these laws could be twisted very easily  and led far from their intended purposes.  Again, please vote "No" on these bills.

Kindest Regards,

Please contact your Senator if you live in NH!