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FreeState

(10,552 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 04:14 PM Apr 2013

Now out of Senate, Snowe (R) supports same-sex marriage

Would have been nice had she come out in favor of marriage before the election... better late than never I guess.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/05/now-out-of-senate-snowe-supports-same-sex-marriage/

Snowe said she supported Maine's provision permitting marriage between same-sex couples in November, a position she hasn't previously stated. That measure passed, making Maine one of nine U.S. states that allow same-sex marriage.

On Friday Snowe said she no longer supports the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law barring marriage between gays and lesbians that she voted for in 1996. The law is currently being contested at the U.S. Supreme Court.

"It's up to the court now to make that decision, and depending on their decision I think ultimately other decisions will have to be made," Snowe said.

"The time has come," she continued. "I think what we're seeing is, I think, changing societal conventions, that ultimately you see the transformation of society's gradual thinking and evolving on issues. I think we're seeing those sea changes on this particular question."
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