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Johnson is Latest to Evolve on Gay Marriage

April 8, 2013 at 2:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) became the latest Democratic senator to embrace gay marriage, the Washington Post reports.

Said Johnson: “After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn’t require any religious denomination to alter any of its tenets; it simply forbids government from discrimination regarding who can marry whom.”

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