Anti-Gay Amendment Advances In Pennsylvania

[WillParkinson]

(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) A proposed constitutional amendment that would bar same-sex marriage and civil unions in Pennsylvania passed a key committee on Monday and is now headed for a full vote on the Senate floor.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 18 - 8 to send the bill to the Senate. If it passes it would then need approval of the House and then a second round of approvals in the next session of the legislature.

The earliest it could be placed on the ballot would be in 2009.

Pennsylvania already limits marriage to opposite-sex couples but supporters of the amendment say a clear definition of marriage is needed in the constitution to prevent judges from striking down the law.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/05/050508pa.htm

[moose65]

1. here we go again....

These people never give up, do they? And why was this in the Appropriations Committee anyway?

[mitchtv]

2. Sadly it looks as it will advance again In Calif

Even Gropenator is against it here. It shall not pass