Casey endorses same-sex marriage, an issue of 'conscience'
Social conservative, Catholic campaigned on his support for
civil unions  By CNN Political Unit
POSTED: 03:55 PM MDT Apr 01, 2013   
UPDATED: 04:40 PM MDT Apr 01, 2013  Sen Bob Casey Pa (CNN) -
Sen. Bob Casey, a socially conservative Democrat and
Pennsylvania's senior senator, announced his support for same-
sex marriage Monday saying he had been influenced in part by
"letters written to me by LGBT Pennsylvanians and their
families."  "After much deliberation and after reviewing the
legal, public policy, and civil rights questions presented, I
support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that
DOMA should be repealed," he said in a statement.  The letters,
he wrote, "included deeply personal statements" and "had a
substantial impact on my position on this issue."  "If two
people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would
our government stand in their way? At a time when many Americans
lament a lack of commitment in our soc