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Lawmaker leaves judicial nominee in limbo over gay marriage issue |
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WASHINGTON A conservative Republican lawmaker is considering whether to stop blocking a judicial nominee over concerns her appearance at a lesbian commitment ceremony betrayed her legal views on gay marriage.
Senator Sam Brownback is a potential presidential candidate in 2008. He says Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Janet T- Neff should NOT be disqualified automatically for having attended the ceremony. Brownback appeared yesterday on "This Week" on A-B-C. President Bush nominated Neff to be a U-S- District Court judge as part of a compromise struck with Democrats. Neff's nomination is pending before the full Senate. Brownback has stalled it because of her attendance at the 2002 ceremony in Massachusetts. Neff has said she attended as a friend of one of the two women, a longtime neighbor. Source: wlns.com |
