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21/04/2009

Analysis - Gay Marriage USA

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Where exactly do the United States stand when it comes to gay marriage?

Next week the first marriage licences will be issued for gay couples in the mid-western American state of Iowa.  But meanwhile, a majority of US states have amended their constitutions to ban gay marriage. Matthew Wells asks whether there's any room for compromise in the bitter war over marriage in America.

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