Constitutional Gay-Marriage Ban Clears Senate (Indiana)

[Craftsman]

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Senate on Monday passed a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

The vote in the Republican-controlled Senate was 39-10. The proposal now heads to the House, which Democrats control 51-49.

For the amendment to become official, it would have to pass the General Assembly this year or next without any changes, and then be approved in a statewide vote in the 2008 general election.


The amendment has two sections. The first says marriage in Indiana is solely the union of one man and one woman. The second says that the state constitution or state law cannot be construed to provide the benefits of marriage to unmarried couples or groups.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/10991973/detail.html

[BOSSHOG]

1. I guess its still okay for cousins to marry in Indiana

and the good Christians of the hoosier state will continue to legally marry, divorce, marry divorce at will as they maintain the sanctity of marriage; and of course continue to hate in the name of Jesus Christ

[Ninja Jordan]

3. Yeshua does not approve of such hate. I agree.

[Dean Martin]

4. hey shut up about Indiana, we're not all like that

I take offense to that. Not all of us are conservative or even Christian. I personally think Christians in general are the biggest idiots on the planet, and I'm all for gay marriage. I'm born and raised in Indiana. So shut up with the general insults.

[onehandle]

2. "We named the dog, Indiana." nt