Natalie Tennant on Civil Rights

	Natalie Tennant on Civil Rights

Treat gay couples equally, but no mandates on churches

Q: Do you support or oppose same-sex marriage and does what's happened in the courts change your opinion at all?

Capito: "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I have a long history of that dating back to when I was in the West Virginia legislature but I believe the decision that's been made is basically saying that the states will make their own decisions and I will abide by what the state of West Virginia decides in this matter."

Tennant: "I think that under the law that people should be treated equally and fairly. Now does a church go against its doctrine? No, not at all. A church should not go against its doctrine and it should not be forced to, but I think that we as West Virginians know about fairness and we know about freedom. Mountaineers are always free."

Source: WV MetroNews on 2014 West Virginia Senate debate , Oct 8, 2014

First female Mountaineer mascot & first Secretary of State

A barrier-buster in the Mountain State: When West Virginia Senate candidate Natalie Tennant strode onto the football field twenty years ago as West Virginia University's first female Mountaineer mascot, she says people told her to "go back to the kitchen." Thankfully, Natalie ignored that advice, earning both a bachelor's and a master's degree at WVU, becoming a news anchor and media executive before being elected West Virginia's first female Democratic secretary of state with 66% of the vote in 2008. Now she's running against GOP Rep. Shelley Moore Capito in a race that will be a lynchpin to keeping the Senate. Source: EMILY's List endorsement press release , Jan 1, 2013

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