StatementfromJackConway,CandidateforAttorneyGeneral,regardingAGStumbo’sOpinionIssuedonDomesticPartnerBenefits

ForImmediateRelease                                       Contact:MarkRiddle

Friday,June01,2007                                        502.891.8988

www.jackconway.org                                        [email protected]

“Thisdecision,renderedtodaybyAttorneyGeneralStumbo,isthecorrectone. ThehighestdutyoftheAttorneyGeneralistoupholdtheConstitution,andhehasdonethat.

IamonrecordthatIviewmarriageasasacredinstitutionbetweenamanandawoman. In2004,thevotersoftheCommonwealthapprovedabroadconstitutionalamendmentbanningsame-sexmarriageandanylegalstatus“substantiallysimilar”tomarriage.

AttorneyGeneralStumbohasalsoprovidedsomeguidancetoourdistinguisheduniversitiesonhowtheymayproceedinthefuture. Ilookforwardtoworkingwithourinstitutionsonalloftheirmajorgoals,includingmakingtuitionmoreaffordable,achievingresearchexcellenceanddevelopinggraduatesreadyforthechallengesofthe21^stCentury.”