Gay Rights

So You Want To Change Your Position On Gay Marriage: A Senator's Guide To Making The Switch

Benjy Sarlin | April 2, 2013, 1:01PM

Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) gives the I Love You sign as he celebrates his re-election

Are you a sitting senator? Thinking of reversing your position on gay marriage? Well, you've come to the right place!

First of all, rest assured that you're in good company. Since Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) got the ball rolling in mid-March, another nine senators have come out in favor of marriage equality, some of them mere hours before the Supreme Court took up the issue. On Tuesday alone, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) separately announced new positions on marriage. With Carper's move, there are just seven Democrats in the whole Senate who haven't followed suit.

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