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Peter King possible presidential campaign, 2016/Gay rights

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Possible presidential candidate
Peter King
Political offices:
U.S. Representative
(Assumed office: 1993)
Nassau County Comptroller
(1981-1993)
King on the issues:
Taxes • International trade • Budgets • Agricultural subsidies • Federal assistance programs • Foreign affairs • Federalism • Natural resources • Healthcare • Immigration • Education • Abortion • Gay rights
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  • Peter King voted for H.R.3396 - the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined "'marriage' as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." It became law on September 21, 1996.[1]

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3396," accessed March 16, 2015
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