Parties Strategize Same-Sex Marriage Vote

By Mark Preston
Roll Call Staff

July 8, 2004, 12 a.m.

As the Senate Republican leadership quietly gauges GOP support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, some Democrats are considering the merits of allowing a direct vote on the issue, rather than trying to derail the GOP effort by a procedural move.

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