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- SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS
- BOTH KANSAS SENATORS VOTE NO, AS U.S. SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL, PAVG PATH FOR PROTECTG SAME SEX UNNS
Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Senate.
BOTH KANSAS SENATORS VOTE NO, AS U.S. SENATE FEATS FILIBTER ON GAY MARRIAGE BILL
”The legislatn me about after the nservative Supreme Court majory overturned the nstutnal right to an abortn, sparkg fears that the jtic may also revis liberal urt precents that enshre marriage rights for gay and terracial bill would require the feral ernment to regnize marriag that were valid a state when they were performed. Passage of a measure that would protect gay marriage rights natnwi crossed a key thrhold Wednday when the Senate feated a filibter and set the stage for fal approval shortly.
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CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
Portman first dited his support for same-sex marriage 2013 after his son me out to the Oh Republin as gay.
In a 2014 bate for his first Senate n, Tillis, who was at the time servg as North Carola’s Hoe speaker, said he would “formally fend” the state’s gay marriage ban.
More than a ago, Burr voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, although he prevly voiced opposn to gay marriage. Murkowski has long voiced support for same-sex marriage, argug a 2013 op-ed that the ernment should stay out of cizens’ private liv and not prohib gay marriag.