Tuesday, March 16, 2010

WE WON! PA Senate Judiciary Committee votes to table same-sex marriage amendment legislation

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to table same-sex marriage amendment legislation | - PennLive.com
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-6 to table Senate Bill 707 which proposed amending the state constitution to add the phrase: "Only the union of one man and one woman shall be valid and recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth."

The motion to table garnered the support of the Democrats on the committee along with Republican Sens. Mary Jo White of Venango County, Jane Earll of Erie County and Pat Browne of Lehigh County. The committee vote drew a round of applause from those seated in the crowded Capitol meeting room.....


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