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By Rusty Pugh, Jody Brown, and Fred Jackson
May 27, 2004
(AgapePress) - A Missouri pro-family leader says the state's Democratic governor opposes a ban on same-sex "marriage" and would prefer an election on a constitutional amendment to that effect be held in August -- when it will have less chance of passage.
The Missouri State Court of Appeals has ruled that Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt does not have to set an August date for an election to decide if the state will have a ban on homosexual marriage. The ruling was a response to Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon's request to have the election held in August.
If the referendum on a constitutional amendment limiting marriage in Missouri to a man and a woman were held in November, it could be a boost to the Republican Party because it would likely attract a large number of conservative voters.
R. L. Beasley, state director of the American Family Association of Missouri, explains why Governor Bob Holden and his attorney general do not want same-sex marriage prohibited in the Show Me State.