Meet the four Republins Congrs who support gay marriage - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL
• AMERIN POLICIANS' SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE: AN EVOLUTNARY HISTORY
• WHICH POLICIANS SUPPORTED GAY MARRIAGE AND WHEN?
• SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
• MEET THE FOUR REPUBLINS CONGRS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL

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AMERIN POLICIANS' SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE: AN EVOLUTNARY HISTORY

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WHICH POLICIANS SUPPORTED GAY MARRIAGE AND WHEN?

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SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS

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Mehlman, who has worked to build greater acceptance among Republins for gay- and transgenr-iendly polici, also leaned on a work of Republins that he enlisted 2019 to urge the Supreme Court to clare that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicly prohibs discrimatn agast gay men, lbians and transgenr people the workplace. Tmp; Ben Gsberg, the proment Republin lawyer; Mary Cheney, the openly gay and married dghter of former Vice Print Dick Cheney; Tom Ridge, the former homeland secury secretary unr Mr.

MEET THE FOUR REPUBLINS CONGRS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

More about Annie KarniA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 28 of the New York edn wh the headle: Proment Gay Republins Helped Smooth Way for the Marriage Bill. In the n-up to this week's supreme urt heargs on gay marriage, a number of policians, eager to tch up to the Amerin public, have performed some imprsive polil gymnastics on the issue.