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State senators who had voted in opposition to same-intercourse marriage in 2009, resembling Senator Shirley Huntley, had been lobbied by advocacy groups to vary their positions. A identical-intercourse marriage bill was launched to the Minnesota Senate on March 5, 2009. Its authors were senators Scott Dibble, Linda Higgins, John Marty, Mee Moua, and Patricia Torres Ray. In late 2008, Senator John Marty, announced plans to introduce a bill legalizing same-intercourse marriage. The Williams Institute estimated in April 2013 that if marriage have been prolonged to identical-sex couples in Minnesota, the state would see an financial boost of $42 million over the course of three years, with a lift of $27 million in the primary yr alone. The Massachusetts Town Clerks' Association raised the problem for the first time on February 24, reporting that a few of them had been receiving inquiries from out-of-state couples. He mentioned he was "proud to have run on a ticket with now-former Governor Eliot Spitzer that was the first within the nation to advocate for marriage equality and to win on that premise." "We'll push on and produce full marriage equality in New York State". Political analysts have supported both views. His views have been acknowledged as an attempt to establish his file on a controversial difficulty while planning to run for the Republican nomination for president. |
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