A Delaware
representative told a
local radio station
that although she believes discrimination is wrong, she could
possibly support a ban on same-sex marriage.
Rep. Helene Keeley, a
Democrat from south Wilmington, voted for a bill to prohibit
discrimination based on sexual orientation,
which passed the house on Thursday.
However, Keeley told
WDEL radio that her vote against discrimination does not
guarantee that she would also have voted against a ban on
same-sex marriage. A proposal to amend the state constitution
to ban same-sex marriage was defeated in the senate on
Thursday.
"We could have said
that you're not allowed to discriminate against purple people,
and to me that's what it was," Keeley said. "If you want to
have a philosophical conversation about senate bill 27 [the
proposal to ban same-sex marriage], I think my views on that
are very different than the way I voted."
