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With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban
The Seattle Times ^ | May 9, 2012 | Kyung M. Song

Posted on 05/10/2012 10:20:39 AM PDT by kevcol

WASHINGTON -- President Obama's belated if unequivocal support for gay marriges puts him on the same side as all six congressional Democrats from Washington state.

The sixth Democrat, Rep. Norm Dicks of Bremerton, voted for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)that defined marriage as between a woman and a man. Since then, he has strongly backed gay-rights issues, including voting against an amendment last year that would have barred military chaplains from marrying same-sex couples.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexualagenda
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To: US Navy Vet

suprised they didn’t have Dicks “pulling out of previous position”....


21 posted on 05/10/2012 10:56:50 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: kevcol

Who’s on, first?


22 posted on 05/10/2012 10:57:28 AM PDT by Gritty (Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions - GK Chesterton)
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To: kevcol

I was just getting ready to call for the moderator and . . . . well nevermind.


23 posted on 05/10/2012 11:05:49 AM PDT by BipolarBob ("Oh no, I'm not sick, well I'm not physically sick anyway. Mentally I'm sick beyond any doctor's abi)
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To: kevcol
With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban...

I heard of putting some skin in the game, but this is ridiculous! (RIMSHOT!)

24 posted on 05/10/2012 11:30:10 AM PDT by apillar
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To: kevcol
You put your [left foot] in
You pull your [left foot] out
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
25 posted on 05/10/2012 11:38:29 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Chen Guangcheng: Gutsy call, Obama /UltraMegaDrippingSarc)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

That could get him sent to a “Penal” Institution!


26 posted on 05/10/2012 11:43:30 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: kevcol

Best. Title. Ever.


27 posted on 05/10/2012 12:26:05 PM PDT by America_Right (Remember, Republicans have a lot more in common with Democrats than they do with Tea Partiers.)
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To: kevcol

Is that a real headline?

Guess I’ll click to find out.


28 posted on 05/10/2012 12:35:01 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

Um...ping?


29 posted on 05/10/2012 6:13:01 PM PDT by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much.)
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To: kevcol

Reminds me of the city bus I once saw in San Francisco. The placard said it was going to Castro and the sign on the bus said “Enter in the Rear”.


30 posted on 05/10/2012 6:15:44 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Jimmy Carter's incompetence + Richard Nixon's paranoia = Barack Obama)
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To: kevcol
With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban

Ewww!

31 posted on 05/10/2012 6:55:24 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: lonevoice

Hysterical headline!


32 posted on 05/11/2012 10:29:28 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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