Another Democratic Senator Flips on Gay Marriage

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><p>Another <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_4">Senate Democrat</span> has come out in support of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_6">same-sex marriage</span>, which leaves six <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_5">Senate</span> Democratic holdouts who have yet to embrace marriage equality. Today, Sen. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_1">Bill Nelson</span>, D-Fla., flipped and announced that he now supported same-sex marriage.</p><p>The senator made the announcement during an interview today with the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_2">Tampa Bay Times</span>, saying, "It is generally accepted in American law and U.S. society today … that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that. The civil rights and responsibilities for one must pertain to all," he told the Tampa Bay Times.</p><p>Nelson later confirmed his switch to ABC News.</p><p><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fblogs%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F04%2Fanother-gop-senator-endorses-same-sex-marriage%2F"><strong>READ MORE: Majority of Senate Backs Same-Sex Marriage</strong></a></p><p>This marks the ninth Senate Democrat since last week to reverse course and now embrace same-sex marriage. The six Senate Democrats who continue to oppose <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_3">marriage equality</span> in some way are are Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_7">Joe Manchin</span> of West Virginia, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_9">Mary Landrieu</span> of Louisiana, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365113891246_8">Joe Donnelly</span> of Indiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Tim Johnson of South Dakota.</p><p>Two Republican senators have endorsed same-sex marriage: Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark Kirk of Illinois.</p><p><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fblogs%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F04%2Frepublicans-predict-fraud-bestiality-if-gay-marriage-is-legalized%2F"><strong>READ MORE: Republicans Predict Fraud, Bestiality if Gay Marriage is Legal</strong></a></p><a class="read-more" href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fblogs%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F04%2Fanother-democratic-senator-flips-on-gay-marriage%2F" rel="nofollow" title="">Also Read</a></div><img border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" width="1" /><br /><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/another-democratic-senator-flips-gay-marriage-221811243--abc-news-politics.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Another Democratic Senator Flips on Gay Marriage

Another Senate Democrat has come out in support of same-sex marriage , which leaves six Senate Democratic holdouts who have yet to embrac...

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