Dean says he'd let states sort out marriage rules
While former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean opposes efforts to ban gay marriages, such as those suggested this week by President Bush, the presidential hopeful won't push for a federal law making them legal, his campaign said Thursday. According to campaign manager Joe Trippi, Dean believes that all people are entitled to equal treatment under the law, but the question of what constitutes marriage is a matter for the states to sort out. "What we'd try to do is make sure every American has the same rights under the law," Trippi says. "Yes, the governor would oppose the kind of law the president talked about. But the last time he checked, you don't go to the federal government for your marriage license." Rutland Herald
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