But still, you know, socially moderate, refused to sign a constitutional amendment proposal to ban gay marriage, saying it went too far because it banned domestic partnership's benefits.

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Fitzgerald initially projects a pleasant, if repressed and awkward air as Stan, particularly when he bumbles through his implausible marriage proposal to Katie.

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Despite constant Wall Street speculation, Lehman has yet to receive a marriage proposal worth considering from any other bank.

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Most recently, a 14-year-old was killed by a gunman as she opened her door, allegedly in connection to a failed marriage proposal.

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Four Republicans with the Conservative endorsement, which is important to attract more votes in the face of growing Democratic enrollment, crossed the aisle to support Cuomo's same-sex marriage proposal.

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Hoping to do something "grand, " she consults with a traveling holy man (Jamie Jackson) while considering either joining a convent, accepting an unexpected marriage proposal from a much older man, or continuing to walk out with Michael Maguire, a boy her own age.

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If approved and signed by President Jose Mujica, who has indicated he supports the measure, the proposal would make Uruguay the second country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.

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If no marriage proposal was forthcoming, she would extricate herself, citing her duty to patients who needed her more.

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Voters approved the proposal 52% to 48% in November 2008, less than six months after the state Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a fundamental right that must be extended to same-sex couples.

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