Senator James Alesi of the Rochester suburbs was the first Republican senator to say he would vote for marriage equality.

罗彻斯特效区参议员詹姆斯.阿勒西（James Alesi ）是第一个表示将投票赞成婚姻平等的共和党议员。

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"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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