Politics & Government
Tell Us: Do You Support Same-Sex Marriage?
The Supreme Court held hearings on gay marriage earlier this week, and we want to know your stance on the issue.

With two days of Supreme Court hearings this week on several pieces of gay marriage legislation, debate on the issue is in the public spotlight.
Some of those resisting the country's shifting public-opinion on accepting same-sex marriage argue that the institution of marriage is changed by including gay couples.
"By definition — solely, by definition — same-sex people cannot be married," conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his show on Thursday, according to ABC news.
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But those in favor of marriage for gay and lesbian couples are now the majority in the United States, and some argue that excluding people from the myriad benefits granted by marriage based on one's sexual preferences is unconstitutional.
"Can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying homosexuals benefits or imposing burdens on them?" Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked during this week's hearing, according to the Huffington Post.
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