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发帖数: 2153 | 1 A number of large-city mayors in the US have formed a coalition with the
hope to achieve same-sex marriage equality.
The group have joined together with a view to increasing the pressure on
President Barack Obama and to achieve full support of equal marriage rights
nationwide.
The combined effort has been organised by Freedom to Marry, a group
campaigning for country-wide acceptance of gay marriage, and an end to ‘
federal marriage discrimination.’
Freedom to Marry are planning to hold a press conference at 10am on Friday
at the Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, which 70 mayors are said to be
attending.
The group released a statement: “By joining the group, mayors hope to
expand public and political support for ending the exclusion of same-sex
couples from marriage.”
The so-called ‘Bipartisan coalition’ includes Michael Bloomberg of New
York, Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, and Annise Parker of Houston, and is chaired
by mayors Jerry Sanders of San Diego, Thomas Menino of Boston and U.S.
Conference of Mayors President Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles.
Obama’s position on same-sex marriage rights has been unclear in the past.
He has not supported same-sex marriage, rather than ‘civil union’ but he
has also praised politicians in support of the change.
There is speculation that Obama will maintain his position until the
Presidential election in November.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/01/19/seventy-mayors-to-press-ob | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 这帮市长们真是不识时务啊，现在是保连任要紧。每一个总统在第一个任期内都会为了
保连任而缩手缩脚的，第二个任期就不一样了。我看好O8。 |
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