The Wyoming State Senate recently passed legislation that would ban the state from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries where they are legal.  One of the few Republicans to vote against the measure was State Senator Cale Case (R-Lander).  Case said that Wyoming already has a poor reputation for its treatment of gays as a result of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard.  "I'm a religious man; I believe in God almighty," said Case.  "I believe there has to be a separation between the laws of this state and what religious people believe."