[PAR] [TLE] Same-sex marriage in New Hampshire [SEP] Same-sex marriage has been legal in New Hampshire since January 1, 2010, based on legislation signed into law by Governor John Lynch on June 3, 2009.  The law provided that civil unions, which the state had established as of January 1, 2008, would be converted to marriages on January 1, 2011, unless dissolved, annulled, or converted to marriage before that date. [PAR] [TLE] Same-sex marriage in New England [SEP] Even before the "Obergefell v. Hodges" Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage legal across all the states of the United States, same-sex marriage was legal in all of the New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, as well as in the neighboring states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.  The New England region has been noted for being the nucleus of the same-sex marriage movement in the United States, with the region having among the most widespread and earliest legal support of any region.  In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage, to be followed by three more states between October 2008 and June 2009.  This followed Vermont being the first-in-the-nation with civil unions in 2000.  Before the 2012 election, California (2008), Iowa (2009), New York (2011) and the District of Columbia (2010) had been the only U.S. jurisdictions outside New England to have performed same-sex marriages, though same-sex marriages in California had been halted following the passage of Proposition 8.
[PAR] [TLE] Same - sex marriage in New Hampshire [ SEP ] Same - sex marriage has been legal in New Hampshire since January 1 , 2010 , based on legislation signed into law by Governor John Lynch on June 3 , 2009 . The law provided that civil unions , which the state had established as of January 1 , 2008 , would be converted to marriages on January 1 , 2011 , unless dissolved , annulled , or converted to marriage before that date . [PAR] [TLE] Same - sex marriage in New England [ SEP ] Even before the " Obergefell v. Hodges " Supreme Court ruling making same - sex marriage legal across all the states of the United States , same - sex marriage was legal in all of the New England states : Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island and Vermont , as well as in the neighboring states of New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland and Delaware . The New England region has been noted for being the nucleus of the same - sex marriage movement in the United States , with the region having among the most widespread and earliest legal support of any region . In 2004 , Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to legalize same - sex marriage , to be followed by three more states between October 2008 and June 2009 . This followed Vermont being the first - in - the - nation with civil unions in 2000 . Before the 2012 election , California ( 2008 ) , Iowa ( 2009 ) , New York ( 2011 ) and the District of Columbia ( 2010 ) had been the only U.S. jurisdictions outside New England to have performed same - sex marriages , though same - sex marriages in California had been halted following the passage of Proposition 8 .
The political issue that was the center of the Obergefell v. Hodges case was made legal in New Hampshire by signature of what governor?
The political issue that was the center of the Obergefell v. Hodges case was made legal in New Hampshire by signature of what governor ?
John Lynch
John Lynch