Moderate GOP Senator Susan Collins Refuses To Share Her Views On Same-Sex Marriage
Susan Collins, the moderate U.S. Senator from the great state of Maine, is refusing to share her personal views on same-sex marriage, despite many of her Democratic — and even a few of her Republican — colleagues sharing their newfound support for equality.
Collins, it’s important to note again, is from Maine, where same-sex marriage is not only legal, but was voted for by the people of the state, and by a good margin: 53-47.
Collins is facing re-election next year, and told the Huffington Post her views are unchanged: “I believe it should be left up to the states.”
“My view is the same that it’s always been,” Collins told The Huffington Post. “I think this is a matter of state law.”
Collins, a moderate Republican up for reelection in 2014, said states have traditionally handled family law and should continue to do so. She noted that she voted twice, in 2004 and in 2006, against federal constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage because, “I believe it should be left up to the states.”
Currently, 50 Senate Democrats, two Republicans, and two Independents support same-sex marriage.
Perhaps Senator Collins does too, but if she does, she’s not talking.
There’s also the mater of DOMA, as Joe Sudbay points out:
Despite her state voting marriage, @senatorcollins doesn’t think we’re equal. Does she support DOMA repeal, since that law impacts Mainers?
— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) April 10, 2013
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Hat tip: Towleroad
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