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  Congresswoman Leads Fight Against Gay Marriage
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Last EditedArmyDem  Jul 02, 2003 03:05pm
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News DateWednesday, July 2, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionDENVER — While gays claim victory with a Supreme Court decision knocking down a ban on sodomy, freshman Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (search) insists the real battle is over the right of homosexuals to marry.

And she is leading a charge to make sure that doesn't happen.

The mother of four from the plains of northeast Colorado has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would effectively outlaw gay marriage. The bill has 25 co-sponsors and the endorsement of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (search).

"I am firmly committed to keeping marriage as it is now, between a woman and man," Musgrave said in a telephone interview this week.
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