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RandySF

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Sat May 3, 2014, 08:23 PM May 2014

Arkansas Attorney General Supports Gay Marriage, But Will Defend State's Ban

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Saturday he supports allowing same-sex couples to wed but will continue defending his state's 2004 ban on gay marriages in court.

McDaniel, a Democrat serving his final year as the state's top attorney, became the first statewide official in Arkansas to back same-sex marriage.

"I want to tell you I do support marriage equality and I do believe Arkansans should have the right to be equal in the eyes of the law," said McDaniel, speaking at the Associated Press Managing Editors convention.

Voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but that ban and others nationwide are facing legal challenges.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/03/arkansas-gay-marriage_n_5259683.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Arkansas Attorney General Supports Gay Marriage, But Will Defend State's Ban (Original Post) RandySF May 2014 OP
It is a matter of time when all of these moves is going to be voided. Thinkingabout May 2014 #1

Thinkingabout

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1. It is a matter of time when all of these moves is going to be voided.
Sat May 3, 2014, 08:38 PM
May 2014

Somewhere somehow it is going to ba a time when two people can love who they want. The long arm reaching out is not going to survive.

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