AJC: "Gay marriage vote too close to call"

[ulysses]

Support for a proposed constitutional amendment against gay marriage shrank by several crucial votes Saturday, as African-American lawmakers around the state rallied their colleagues to oppose it.

Two African-Americans who did not vote on the proposal in the House of Representatives last week said they would vote against it when it comes up for a second vote this week. The lone black representative who backed the legislation said he may switch his vote. And a white representative who did not vote last week said she would walk away again.

"I live in the blackest county in Georgia, and, in the minds of black people, this has nothing to do with marriage," Rep. Sistie Hudson (D-Sparta) said. "They consider it discrimination."

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the link, on edit...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/legislature/0204/29gaynews.html

[varun]

1. Thank you!

Rep. Sistie Hudson from Georgia!

[ulysses]

2. no kidding!

We hear so much about how African-Americans are so opposed to gay folks, it's good to have this on the front page of the AJC.