Massachusetts, after a 2003 court decision, began allowing gays to marry.

He supports allowing gays to marry legally and to serve openly in the military.

A slim majority, fifty-one per cent, say that they would vote to allow gays and lesbians to marry.

During the 1992 presidential campaign, the possibility of allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military became a political issue.

His aides say he also supports allowing gays to serve in the military and has been critical of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

He then adopted the "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a compromise that would allow gays and lesbians to serve.

Mr. Gore did not back down tonight from his commitment to allowing gays to serve openly in the military.

Donnelly opposes allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military.

Allowing gays to wed would threaten our marriage.

He supports allowing gays in the military.