Illinois Lawmaker: Legalizing Gay Marriage Is ‘Discriminatory’

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A Republican legislator in Illinois levied charges of discrimination against a measure to permit same-sex marriage that was approved Thursday by the state Senate.

Illinois state Sen. Kyle McCarter (R) took to his Facebook page to argue that the bill passed by the Democratic-controlled chamber was an injustice against “those who hold the sincerely held religious belief” that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

 

 

h/t Political Wire

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