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By KASIE HUNT & ANDY BARR
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50685.html
New Hampshire’s Legislature is likely to hold a vote to repeal the state’s law permitting same-sex marriage next January, a development that would force the GOP presidential field to confront the issue on the eve of the first-in-the-nation primary.
It’s a debate that so far has left Republican candidates squirming and could shatter any notion of a GOP “truce” on social issues designed to keep the primary focused on the economy.
The showdown is being shifted to early next year because fiscal hawks in the state GOP convinced the sponsors of same-sex marriage bills to put off the measures so lawmakers could focus on cutting spending in this session. One bill would prohibit same-sex marriage in New Hampshire, and another would prevent the state from recognizing any union that’s not between one man and one woman.