Missouri county GOP fails to censure gay Republican, but passes anti-gay marriage resolution

A censure of a gay Missouri Republican lawmaker failed to get enough votes to pass at a meeting of the Jackson County Republican Party on Monday. However, the county party voted 44-14 to pass a separate resolution stating that marriage was only valid between a man and a woman. It states that any member of the party could be censured for trying to define marriage as anything else. The failed censure targeted state Rep. Chris Sander, a Lone Jack Republican who told The Star about the results of the two votes. The county party was considering censuring Sander for proposing a constitutional amendm...