One more joins the ranks of states on the side of goodness: the New Hampshire legislature has passed the last few bills needed to legalize gay marrriage in that state. Unfortunately, part of the compromise is a set of exemptions for religious organizations, who won't need to do the right thing. Just remember, no one can point to the atheists and claim they tried to hinder civil rights here…we didn't ask for the privilege to discriminate.
(via Digital Cuttlefish, who naturally has a poem to go with it)
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