GOP Sen. Murkowski Backs Same-Sex Marriage

Lisa Murkowski becomes the third Republican senator to support marriage equality.

In an op-ed posted to her Senate website, Murkowski expressed her belief that America faces “a significant moment for our nation when it comes to rethinking our society’s priorities and the role of government in Americans’ private lives and decisions.”

“I am a life-long Republican because I believe in promoting freedom and limiting the reach of government. When government does act, I believe it should encourage family values,” she said. “I support the right of all Americans to marry the person they love and choose because I believe doing so promotes both values: it keeps politicians out of the most private and personal aspects of peoples’ lives – while also encouraging more families to form and more adults to make a lifetime commitment to one another.”

“Why should the federal government be telling adults who love one another that they cannot get married, simply because they happen to be gay?” she wondered.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.