On New Year's day, New Hampshire became the 5th U.S. state to join in the equality movement by allowing same-sex marriages. At the stroke of midnight hundreds of people gathered in Concord, the state capitol, to witness the first marriages in the state performed by a justice of the peace.

"People focus on the setbacks, but last year there was one state and now there are five states," said Mo Baxley, executive director of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition. - Reuters.com