Reply #31: If I had to guess [View All]

[stevedeshazer]

Senators who I think would NOT vote for an anti-gay constitutional amendment:

Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas
Barbara Boxer, California
Dianne Feinstein, California
Christopher Dodd, Connecticut
Joe Biden, Delaware
Thomas Carper, Delaware
Bob Graham, Florida
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Daniel Akaka, Hawaii
Tom Harkin, Iowa
Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
Paul Sarbanes, Maryland
Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts
John Kerry, Massachusetts
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Carl Levin, Michigan
Mark Dayton, Minnesota
Harry Reid, Nevada
Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
Jon Corzine, New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
Charles Schumer, New York
Hillary Clinton, New York
John Edwards, North Carolina
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island
Jack Reed, Rhode Island
James Jeffords, Vermont
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Patty Murray, Washington
Maria Cantwell, Washington
John Rockefeller, West Virginia
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin

That's 34 right there.

Also, there are maybes:

Joe Lieberman, Connecticut
Richard Durbin, Illinois
Ben Nelson, Nebraska
Kent Conrad, North Dakota
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Tom Daschle, South Dakota

link to gay rights voting records and scores: http://www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay/impvtsen.htm

Twelve states that wouldn't ratify? How about:

California
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin

That's fifteen.