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State of Ohio (Adams, Brown, Clermont, Pike, Hamilton, Warren, Scioto Counties) June 14, 2005 Election
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Same-sex marriage

By Peter A. Fossett

Candidate for United States Representative; District 2; Republican Party

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I believe that regulation of marriage should be left to the states.
I do not support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. I believe that regulation of marriage is a matter that must be left to the states. At the moment, I believe that the social science evidence supports a policy of promoting the traditional family as the preferred environment for bearing and raising children. Accordingly, I support Ohio's decision to restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples. But each state needs to be free to decide for itself which sorts of relationships it wishes to encourage for the raising of children.

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