Leave it to Maddow to expose the deceitful on national television (compliments to the blog Good As You for getting the story to her).

In 2009, New Hampshire became the first state in the nation to have lawmakers – their legislature – legalize state marriage. All other states with gay marriage achieved it through court rulings that it is illegal to deny same sex couples marriage rights.

In 2010, New Hampshire’s legislature had a large turnover and became far more Republican. Those Republicans want to now repeal gay marriage.

However, by a “huge majority”, the people of New Hampshire are saying – let gay marriage stay. It does not impact straight marriages. Those against gay marriage often – oddly enough – say that gay marriage will weaken straight marriage. Those of us in favor of gay marriage say – HOW? If our relationships threaten yours – then there is something wrong with YOURS.

So apparently this sad LITTLE group who is trying to repeal gay marriage had to resort to PHOTOSHOPPING in a crowd since they don’t really have much support at all from the good people of New Hampshire.

Way to go, Rachel!

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transcript from maddow: two years ago the great state of new hampshire became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage through the legislature. no court decisions involved. live free or die. last year, in the great red tide of the 2010 election, the legislature changed hands. democrats out, republicans in and the republican majority pledged to take away that right of new hampshire same-sex couples to get married. republicans on the judiciary committee recommended rescinding same-sex marriage rights. by a big majority, the people of new hampshire said same-sex marriage has had no impact on their lives. because this right to get married has made some lives better without afblgting them at all they would rather keep the right than having it taken away. from the polling, strong opponents of repealing same-sex marriage out number pro- points by two to one with. in other words the people who want to repeal same-sex marriage rights are out numbered here. not if they fake some more supporters. this is the website for the national organization for marriage. the organization for straight people only marriage in new hampshire. you can see the big crowd gathered they are cheering. there’s brian brown, the president of the straight people only marnl group. he’s firing them up. and see the kid on the shoulders. he’s really in it to. unless the people are not actually there in new hampshire cheering to take away gay people’s rights or if if the crowd is in a speech in downtown columbus ohio for barack obama and there’s the kid on someone’s shoulder and the women in the pink shirt and but they are all in to this guy who’s about to be elected president in 2008. the people watching him that day in columbus had no idea through the magic of photoshopping they would be part of a campaign against gay rights 600 miles away in 2011. the blog good as you connected the dots today for the world to see. the national organization for marriage is just making it up. they and the republicans in the legislature do not have popular support to take a nice picture of for taking away marriage rights currently enjoyed in new hampshire. because they don’t have it, they are faking it instead. caught