Jon Tester backs gay marriage

Another Dem, this time from Montana, jumped on the bandwagon

Published March 26, 2013 9:49PM (EDT)

Joining a slew of Democratic senators, Montana Sen. Jon Tester announced Tuesday that he also supports gay marriage.

“Montanans believe in the right to make a good life for their families,” Tester wrote on his Facebook page. “How they define a family should be their business and their business alone. I’m proud to support marriage equality because no one should be able to tell a Montanan or any American who they can love and who they can marry.”

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., Tim Johnson, D-S.D. and Mark Begich, D-Alaska, all endorsed same-sex marriages earlier this week.

The Huffington Post lists the last of the Democratic holdouts, who only number 10 at this point.


By Jillian Rayfield

Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at jrayfield@salon.com.

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