"The principle of greater equality in the value of each vote is at the heart of this boundary review, " Mr Lansley told MPs.

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What he did took a great deal of courage, especially considering that a recent Gallup poll showed 48% of Americans are against same-sex marriages and that North Carolina, a swing state he barely won four years ago, just voted against marriage equality and civil unions, with a vote of 61% to 39%.

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Justice Kennedy, viewed as the swing vote on marriage equality, was the author of the majority decision in Romer.

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No matter which side of the aisle you're on, we can all agree that denying anyone's vote to skew the electorate undermines our shared American values of fairness and equality.

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On Women's Equality Day, we mark the anniversary of our Constitution's 19th Amendment, which secured the right to vote for America's women.

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