Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu has
said that she has to honor the views of her constituents on gay
marriage.
Landrieu is among the final four
Democratic senators who remain opposed to marriage equality after a
flurry of senators shifted their public stance in recent weeks. The
other three holdouts are Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Joe Manchin of West
Virginia and Tim Johnson of South Dakota.
“I'm a lot, you know, like other
people said my views have evolved on this,” Landrieu told CBS
affiliate KNOE.
“But my state has a very strong constitutional amendment against
gay marriage and I think I have to honor that.”
According to a report released last
week by the UCLA's School of Law's Williams Institute, only 31
percent of Louisianians support marriage equality. While that's a 10
percent increase since 2004, it is still the lowest among the 50
states.
Currently, 53 U.S. senators support gay
nuptials, including two GOP senators: Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark
Kirk of Illinois.
(Relate: Support
for gay marriage has increased in all 50 states.)