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Contents:
- MARY LANDRI SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE THE ONLY WAY THAT MATTERS
- BREAKG DOWN THE GAY-MARRIAGE HOLDOUT FAL FOUR
- WHY SENS. LANDRI AND PRYOR OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE
- THE FAL THREE: THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- THE NE SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO STILL DON’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- LANDRI FAILS TO LEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE
- THERE ARE NOW ONLY THREE SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE
- ‘WASHGTON POST’ LUMNIST: LANDRI FAILS TO LEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE
MARY LANDRI SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE THE ONLY WAY THAT MATTERS
Now that South Dakota’s retirg senator Tim Johnson has announced his support for gay marriage, most news s are reportg that there rema only three Senate Democrats who have yet to jump on the marriage-equaly bandwagon. And sce there are no official l for judgg what, exactly, “supportg gay marriage” entails, you uld feasibly place her on eher si of the marriage equaly bate.
But Landri, along wh every other senator, won’t actually have the opportuny to vote on gay marriage for the foreeable future.
BREAKG DOWN THE GAY-MARRIAGE HOLDOUT FAL FOUR
A nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage won’t be g to the floor of the Senate ever aga. Mary Landri Supports Gay Marriage. The morate powerho are the only remag Democratic senators who haven’t e out support of gay marriage — but only one n be the last Democratic senator not to support gay marriage.
Jon: Wh a strong recg base nservative Arkansas, Pryor is load wh reasons to oppose gay marriage and has no reason at all to evolve through 2014. Otherwise, Pryor remas the favore to be the last anti-gay-marriage Democrat the Senate.
Breakg Down the Gay Marriage Fal Four. "But my state has a very strong nstutnal amendment agast gay marriage and I thk I have to honor that, " Landri told didn't sound like he was about to change his stance an terview wh KFSM, the CBS affiliate for Fort Smh, Bentonville and Bentonville. "I am opposed to gay marriage, " he told the TV statn via e-mail.
WHY SENS. LANDRI AND PRYOR OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE
The senator said he has talked to gay and lbian iends, who have strsed that their sexual orientatn is not a also told KFSM that he is uncid on the topic of benefs to same-sex upl and said he would revis the issue after the Supreme Court l the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Supreme Court heard arguments late March challengg DOMA, and jtic were skeptil that the law was nstutnal bee ni benefs to same-sex upl. So timg is ccial here: It's one thg to e out and say you're for gay marriage before the urt l, which is expected sometime this 's also the qutn of electoral polics.
Hagan, one of the Democrats to support gay marriage, is up for re-electn 2014 a swg state that Obama lost 2012 but won 2008. What's more, North Carola voters overwhelmgly approved a ban on gay marriage last third holdout on gay marriage is Sen. I'm talkg about the number of Democratic senators who are opposed to gay marriage.
Whatever he says, we'll have to take Pryor at his word, though he has some pla polil reasons to oppose gay marriage, startg wh the fact that Arkansans passed a nstutnal amendment banng same-sex marriage 2004 – wh 75% of the if the US overall has unrgone a sea-change, there's ltle sign that opn Arkansas has altered much over the past ne years.
THE FAL THREE: THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
Late last year, a Universy of Arkansas poll found that 55% of Arkansans were agast any legal regnn for same-sex upl, cludg gay marriage and civil unns.
In polls taken last year, only about 30% of Amerins opposed regnizg same-sex upl any official the same poll, only 18% of Arkansas adults thought gay marriage should be legal; when civil unns appear on the qutnnaire as an alternative, support for gay marriage generally drops. Add the fact that only 19% of Wt Virgians supported gay marriage 2011 – meang that majory support is hardly likely by 2018 – and Manch has no electoral centive to break wh his own nvictns and support same-sex should any of the policians fear a polil backlash if they change their tune to f wh the rt of their party? Probably not: gay marriage, as an issue, n rarely make or break a polician.
That's why you saw North Carola Senator Kay Hagan e out favor of gay marriage, even as she gears up for re-electn a state that chose to ban gay marriage last year wh 61% of the issue for Landri, Pryor and, to a lser extent, Manch is that they reprent stat which Obama is eply disliked.
THE NE SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO STILL DON’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
The Ne Senate Democrats Who Still Don’t Support Gay Marriage.
Mary Landri of Louisiana is one of only ne Democratic Senators who have not e out support of gay marriage. Kay Hagan of North Carola, Jon Tter of Montana, Mark Warner of Virgia and Claire McCaskill of Missouri all me out favor of gay marriage this week, the latt a seemg avalanche of support for the social issue of the moment.
LANDRI FAILS TO LEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE
That may have you wonrg: Who, exactly, is left the Senate’s Democratic uc who hasn’t e forward to support allowg gays and lbians to walk down the aisle? Hagan’s announcement remas the most polilly darg given was only last year that North Carola voters easily passed an amendment banng gay marriag and civil unns the state (although she was already on rerd on opposg that amendment, so ’s unlikely she’d have been able to avoid the topic on the mpaign trail).
THERE ARE NOW ONLY THREE SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE
***Read more om Slate’s verage of gay marriage s at the Supreme Court, and follow @JoshVoorhe and the rt of the @slatt team on Twter. But my state has a very strong nstutnal amendment agast gay marriage, and I thk I have to honor that, ” Landri said. Two red-state Democratic senators endorsed gay marriage on Friday morng, leavg only four members of the uc who still oppose same-sex nuptials.
North Dakota’s Heidi Hekamp and Indiana’s Joe Donnelly followed the low-key playbook most Democratic senators have employed as they’ve reversed their stanc and backed gay marriage recent weeks. ( PHOTOS: Democratic senators who have not endorsed gay marriage). Donnelly portrayed his move as part of an embrace of gay rights over time.
While nng, Hekamp said gay marriage should be left to the stat. ( PHOTOS: Pols who evolved on gay marriage).
‘WASHGTON POST’ LUMNIST: LANDRI FAILS TO LEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE
Bill Nelson of Florida, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Tom Carper of Delaware all endorsed gay marriage earlier this week, one week after two days of Supreme Court heargs on the topic. The only remag Democratic senators who oppose gay marriage are Wt Virgia’s Joe Manch, Mary Landri of Louisiana, South Dakota’s Tim Johnson and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Tim Johnson — one of the last Senate Democrats to oppose gay marriage — announced Monday that he too has evolved on the issue.