Richards to Defend Constitutional Definition of Marriage

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Walker’s pick for Attorney General says he’ll stand behind the Alaska’s Constitution’s definition of Marriage.

 

Craig Richards was asked Monday for the administration’s position on a pending case over same-sex marriage in Alaska.

 

Richards told the House Judiciary Committee during a confirmation hearing…

 

 

Alaska voters in 1998 approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and a woman. Last fall, a federal judge struck down that ban as unconstitutional.

 

The high court plans to take up several gay marriage cases next month and decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry.

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