Gov. John Lynch signed a law Thursday establishing civil unions for same-sex couples in New Hampshire, allowing them to apply for the same rights as married people as early as January, The Associated Press reported.
It is the fourth state to offer civil unions and the first to do so without a court order or threat of one.
“New Hampshire voters did not have civil unions in mind when they gave Gov. Lynch a Democratic majority last fall,” Republican State Chairman Fergus Cullen told The Telegraph of Nashua, N.H.
“The Democrats have gone too far, too fast with social policy. Given a choice, Gov. Lynch always sides with the left wing of his party on social issues.”
