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Article: Politics: A Gay-Marriage Wedge.(Republicans push same-sex marriage issue in effort to sway voters)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- June 28, 2004
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Byline: Debra Rosenberg
He hadn't used the phrase "sanctity of marriage" since March, but at the Southern Baptist conference last week, President Bush reiterated his call for a no-gay-marriage amendment. Then Senate GOP leaders said they'd bring the issue to a vote in July. Why the sudden heat? It's a wedge issue for Democrats, peeling off traditional constituencies like African-American clergy. It also boosts Bush with the right, which has grumbled that he's been too quiet on gay marriage. The Senate vote is set just weeks before John Kerry accepts the nomination in his home state of Massachusetts--the one state that currently allows gays to marry. Though Kerry ...
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