Senate Committee Okays Constitutional Ban on Gay Marriage (Indiana)

[ccharles000]

A Senate committee has reignited the debate over gay marriage, endorsing a constitutional amendment to ban the practice.

State law already prohibits same-sex marriage, but supporters of the amendment make the same argument as proponents of the property tax circuit-breaker amendment approved earlier this week: without being enshrined in the constitution, the courts could end up overturning the law.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-4 along party lines to recommend the amendment to the full Senate, which could vote on it next week.

The House and Senate approved a similar amendment in 2006. But the amendment stalled on its required second trip through the legislature in 2007, when a House committee deadlocked on the proposal. The amendment has not received a hearing in the House since.

Two versions of the amendment have been filed this year in the House, including one co-sponsored by Democratic Reps. Steven Stemler of Jeffersonville and Ron Herrell of Kokomo. There's been no indication the resolution will receive a hearing.

http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?id=1186869

[WillParkinson]

1. These people make me sick...

They can offer no valid reason for their hatred and bigotry, but insist it's not personal.

[joeybee12]

2. I'd boycott Indiana, but there's nothing there to boycott...

...stupid state.

[mitchtv]

3. flyover states

reinforce their role

[plantwomyn]

6. Some of us that live here

and fight the good fight. Our Senate SUCKS! With any luck, the House will keep this from being voted on. The LGBT leadership are the ones that are flying over Indiana. We aren't important enough to them to bother with. After I was married in Iowa and drove across the Misissippi I became "single". As a resident of Indiana and the wife of a federal employee, I still have no benefits or recognition by my state or federal government. We have to fight wereever we are. Not too long ago Iowa was a "flyover" state.

[Smashcut]

4. This is finishing with the bat and coming back with the gun.

We get it fuckers. You hate us.

Aren't there better priorities for the Indiana legislature? What's the unemployment rate there, for instance? Or are you hoping people won't notice if you dangle the "kill teh gays" shiny object in front of their faces?

[RetiredTrotskyite]

5. This Is SO Typical of That Hellhole...

I saw this hate and bigotry big time when living there. I am so sick of these bible thumpers and yahoos and their anti-gay agenda!