Pryor, Lincoln Against Gay Marriage But Both Help Block Federal Amendment
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor say
they each personally oppose same-sex marriage. But the two
Democrats voted yesterday to block progress of a federal marriage
amendment in Congress.
Lincoln and Pryor said it should be up to the states to take
action on making gay marriage illegal rather than through the U-S
Constitution.
Pryor says he intends to vote for a ballot question in Arkansas
this November that would amend the state constitution to ban gay
marriage and prohibit civil unions. Arkansas already has a state
law that bans gay marriages.
Lincoln has said she stands by Arkansas` ban on gay marriage and
her Christian beliefs dictate that marriage is a sacred bond
between a man and a woman.
