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On the recordDecember 7, 2022
It fundamentally doesn't recognize LGBTQ people, as people, who have a right, to access marriage, like everyone else did.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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David Cicilline criticizes comments made by a Republican member of Congress regarding the legitimacy of same-sex marriages.

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