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Petitioners ask Governor to Stop Supporting Same-Sex Marriage Bans

More than 1,200 Alaskans have signed a petition asking Governor Walker to withdraw Alaska's support for an amicus briefdefending same-sex marriage bans.

The attorney general signed the brief two weeks ago. The NAACP, Christians for Equality, and Alaskans Together for Equality all signed the petition.

Comments support equality for all citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of such bans on April 28. They'll issue a final decision by this summer.

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Anne Hillman is a behavioral health clinician working in rural Alaska. Before going back to school for her Masters of Social Work, she covered social justice issues for Alaska Public Media and ran the multimedia and arts project Mental Health Mosaics with Out North.