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Jeff Sessions: “I think for the first time ever, this legislation would create a Federal recognition of same-sex marriage which is not…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
I think for the first time ever, this legislation would create a Federal recognition of same-sex marriage which is not the current law.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions argues the legislation would federally recognize same-sex marriage, contrary to existing law.

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