Is Marriage Equality a Campaign Issue?
When David Gregory, moderator of Meet the Press, asked his guests whether same-sex marriage should be a campaign issue, both answered by doing their best to talk about the economy.
Gregory was interviewing two prominent voices for their parties in the House — Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the Budget Committee, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the committee's ranking member, whose home state of Maryland took a big first step toward passing marriage equality this week in its House of Delegates.
Gregory noted that if, as expected, the Maryland Senate passes the bill and the governor signs it, then it would become the eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage, following closely on the heels of Washington where Gov. Christine Gregoire just signed that bill into law on Monday (though it could be challenged at the ballot box).
"It's a significant part of the population," Gregory said of the states where marriage equality is the law. "Is this, should this be, a campaign issue?"
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