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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A lesbian state lawmaker has decided to pull a bill that calls for repealing part of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City, wanted to repeal a part of the amendment that says the state won't give the same legal rights that marriage bestows to any other domestic union.
Biskupski says she still thinks the amendment should be repealed, but that other gay rights bills making their way through the Legislature will have a better chance of succeeding if she stops pursuing her bill.
The bill was part of the Common Ground initiative, a package of bills supporting rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Utah.
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