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Todd Akin

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

Todd Akin

Marriage

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Todd Akin is saying that he does not support giving legal rights or benefits to same-sex relationships that are currently given to marriages between a man and a woman. He believes that the government should only recognize traditional marriages and families in its laws.

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