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Barrett: ‘I have never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference’

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Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s for the now vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, fended off questions during her confirmation hearing on whether she undo on same-sex marriage, declining to disavow dissents to historic rulings for marriage equality from her mentor Antonia Scalia.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), top on the Senate Judiciary Committee, invoked the memory of gay rights pioneers Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon in questioning Barrett, recalling their wedding in 2008 after the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality.

Feinstein, recalling when Martin died two months later Lyon was ineligible for Social Security survivor benefits because of the Defense of Marriage Act, asked Barrett about Scalia’s dissent to

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