Speaker Bill O’Brien protects NH from Shari’a Law

State Rep. Lucy Weber, who sites on the House Judiciary Committee, writes on Blue Hampshire of an incident in which now-Speaker Bill O’Brien accused her of attempting to introduce Shari’a Law into state legislation.

In 2009, I sponsored a bill to amend our statue about who may officiate at marriages in NH. It would have eliminated references to “ministers of the gospel” and would have made it explicit that members of all faith traditions could solemnize marriage in accordance with their teachings and have those marriages recognized by the State of NH. Rep. O’Brien then accused me of trying to introduce Shari’a law into NH.