Brace Yourself for a Maggie Gallagher/NOM Hissy Fit

The ever vile and always self-enriching Maggie Gallagher and her parasitic minions at the National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") have been gearing up to try to push for a repeal of New Hampshire's law allowing same sex marriage. One big problem, albeit it a surprising one - the New Hampshire GOP is not listing gay marriage repeal as an agenda item for the coming year. Thus, Miss Maggie and the Christofascists will likely be spinning their wheels and better yet, burning up money that will not be available to spread hatred in other states. I can't wait to hear Gallagher's fuming and ranting at the GOP's obstruction of her anti-gay jihad. The Boston Globe has details on this development. Here are some highlights:
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CONCORD, N.H.—House Republicans have decided not to pursue a repeal of New Hampshire's gay marriage law this year and plan instead to focus their energy on finding ways to improve the state's financial footing.
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House Republican Leader D.J. Bettencourt confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that jobs and the economy will be the top priorities on the House GOP agenda to be announced Thursday, which the GOP will use as its policymaking scorecard for the next two years. "The social issues must take a back seat," said Bettencourt, R-Salem.
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He said there was widespread agreement that social issues would have to come later. That leaves open the possibility that Republican leaders will postpone action on repealing gay marriage until next year, a non-budget year. The House can do that by having committees retain bills. Bettencourt would not say if leaders plan to do that.
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He said issues like gay marriage were not the primary reasons voters replaced the Democratic majority in the House with a Republican one, he said. "We cannot allow ourselves ... where we campaigned on one set of issues and governed on another set of issues," he said. The exclusion of the controversial issue comes a week after House Republican leaders battled criticism they were not focusing on the issues that voters sent them to Concord to deal with: the state budget, spending reductions and jobs.
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The good news is two fold - no repeal attempt this year and we will have another year for the cycling out of older anti-gay voters. As public opinion trends toward majority support of gay marriage, the GOP will have to increasingly think twice about repealing the state's marriage law.