“A number of states, including my home state of Maine, have now legalized same-sex marriage, and I agree with that decision,” Collins said in response to a question from the BDN.
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It’s long been a matter of speculation whether Collins would be the next Republican lawmaker in Washington to publicly support same-sex marriage. She is just the fourth U.S. Senate Republican to do so, joining Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio, Mark Kirk of Illinois and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Collins has long maintained that the question of same-sex marriage is one for each state to decide on its own.
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