Ceremony Celebrates Civil Unions In New Hampshire

Tonight at midnight, the world will enter a new year, and New Hampshire will enter a new era.

As of January 1st, civil unions will be legal in the state, allowing gay and lesbian couples to be recognized in state law.

Ceremonies and celebrations are planned across the state, but one of the largest is scheduled to take place on the State House Plaza.

State Representative Gail Morrison, from Sanbornton, is one of the organizers.

She tells NHPR's Amy Quinton that tonight's ceremony will mark the instant that civil unions are legal in New Hampshire.