(Salem, USA) Hundreds of activists from both sides of the gay rights debate crowded into the Capitol Monday night to give lawmakers an earful on measures to allow civil unions for same-sex couples and to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. On the one side, gays and lesbians offered emotional testimony about the discrimination they've faced in employment and other areas and in their committed relationships to each other that are not recognized by the state. Religious conservatives, on the other hand, worried that the anti-discrimination bill, in some cases, could erode religious freedom.
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