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Russ Feingold: Legalize Gay Marriage
Sen. Russ Feingold, who contends that it's illegal for President Bush to wiretap terrorists without a court order, said Tuesday that gay marriage should be legalized. "Gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry and have access to the same rights, privileges and benefits that straight couples currently enjoy,” Feingold told his constituents in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. According to the news service 365Gay.com, Feingold was asked if he supported a proposed amendment to the Wisconsin constitution to bar same-sex marriage and civil unions. "The proposed ban on civil unions and marriage is a mean-spirited attempt to divide Wisconsin and I indicated that it should be defeated,” he responded.
Story Continues Below The Wisconsin Democrat said the gay marriage ban "discriminates against thousands of people in our communities – our co-workers, our neighbors, our friends, and our family members. "It would single out members of a particular group and forever deny them rights and protections granted to all other Wisconsin citizens. It would also outlaw civil unions and jeopardize many legal protections for all unmarried couples, whether of the same or the opposite sex. "We shouldn't enshrine this prejudice in our state’s Constitution,” Feingold insisted.
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