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Legislators Who Back Marriage Equality Get Re-Elected
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 1/14/2009
Legislators Who Back Marriage Equality Get Re-Elected
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No matter what they tell you about their high-minded ideals and commitment to public service, little matters more to politicians than getting re-elected. A new study, released today by Freedom to Marry (the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide) is very ...
freedomtomarry.org - 1/13/2009
New Study Shows Pro-Marriage Legislators Win Elections
— freedomtomarry.org — [ + ] Text [ ] New Study Shows Pro-Marriage Legislators Win Elections Election Results Prove Voting... in Support of the Freedom to Marry Helps and Does Not Hurt Legislator For Immediate Release: January 12, 2009 PRESS CONTACT: Evan Wolfson, Executive ... (more) New Study Shows Pro-Marriage Legislators Win Elections
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thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
Obama backed marriage equality in 1996.
— thinkprogress.org — Politico’s Ben Smith notes a new report in the Windy City Times showing that President-elect Obama supported... marriage equality as recently as 1996 . In a questionnaire filled out for a Chicago LGBT newspaper, Obama then wrote, “I favor ... (more) Obama backed marriage equality in 1996.

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Firedoglake:  Maine Girds Loins for Civil Marriage Equality Battle

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Lisa Derrick: Maine Girds Loins for Civil Marriage Equality Battle

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Maine Girds Loins for Civil Marriage Equality Battle
Firedoglake — ... Though Republican Rep. John Tardy's is drafting language to insert into the state's constitution that would block marriage equality, Maine's legislature is Democratically controlled, and with a recent study showing ...

Lisa Derrick: Maine Girds Loins for Civil Marriage Equality Battle
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Though Republican Rep. John Tardy's is drafting language to insert into the state's constitution that would block marriage equality, Maine's legislature is Democratically controlled, and with a recent study showing ...

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