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theHandpuppet

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Sun Oct 5, 2014, 06:45 AM Oct 2014

Gay marriage debate splinters GOP, Sandoval in the middle

A gay Republican is still a Republican.

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Gay marriage debate splinters GOP, Sandoval in the middle
Oct 04, 2014 2:57 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- As same-sex marriage cases cascade through the federal courts, Republican politicians find themselves awkwardly split into three camps.

There's a small but growing number who favor legalizing gay marriage, a hard-core faction that continues to denounce it, and a sizable group in between that seems to wish the issue would disappear.

At one end of the spectrum, at least eight GOP members of Congress have endorsed same-sex marriage, and two openly gay GOP candidates for the House hope to join them.

In Massachusetts, Richard Tisei has run ads featuring his husband. In California, Carl DeMaio ran an ad showing him and his long-term partner in San Diego's gay-pride parade.... MORE

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