Republin Pennsylvania Rep. Glenn Thompson voted agast the Rpect for Marriage Act bill that passed the Hoe of Reprentativ last week. The legislatn would dify the legal right to same-sex marriage. Three days after votg agast the bill, Thompson and his wife attend their gay son's weddg wh full support for the marriage.
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- PA. NGRSMAN VOTED AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL DAYS BEFORE ATTENDG GAY SON'S WEDDG
- GAY MARRIAGE
- PA REP VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, THEN ATTENDS GAY SON'S WEDDG
PA. NGRSMAN VOTED AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL DAYS BEFORE ATTENDG GAY SON'S WEDDG
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Three days later, Thompson and his wife attend their gay son's weddg wh full support for the marriage.
News that Thompson attend the weddg of his gay son last weekend was first reported by Gawker, which found a weddg webse for the event.
GAY MARRIAGE
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Rob Portman, who has an openly gay son, have already said they will support the bill. Early Years: Same-Sex Marriage Bans In 1970, jt one year after the historic Stonewall Rts that galvanized the gay rights movement, law stunt Richard Baker and librarian Jam McConnell applied for a marriage license Gerald Nelson rejected their applitn bee they were a same-sex uple, and a trial urt upheld his cisn. ” This lg effectively blocked feral urts om lg on same-sex marriage for s, leavg the cisn solely the hands of stat, which alt blow after blow to those hopg to see gay marriage beg 1973, for stance, Maryland beme the first state to create a law that explicly f marriage as a unn between a man and woman, a belief held by many nservative relig groups.
PA REP VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, THEN ATTENDS GAY SON'S WEDDG
PA Rep Vot Agast Same-Sex Marriage, Then Attends Gay Son's Weddg - Ptsburgh, PA - In a statement, Thompson said he was "very happy" to wele their new son--law "to their fay," acrdg to a report. * gay marriage passed in pa *
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