Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment- Activity NOVEMBER 2ND!

[Ian David]

Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Moves Forward
by Doreen Brandt 365Gay.com Washington Bureau

Posted: October 28, 2005 5:00 pm ET


(Washington) Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) announced Friday that the Senate Sub Committee on the Judiciary will meet on Nov. 2 to markup the so-called Marriage Protection Amendment.

Brownback, the sub committee chair, said he expects to hold a vote that day on the proposed amendment, which would ban same-sex marriage, and then send the measure on to the full committee.

Brownback said that he hoped the amendment would come to a vote in both the full Senate and House prior to the 2006 mid term elections.

"This has been and always will be about cynical politics," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.

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"The American people want fairness and this amendment would not only ban marriage for same-sex couples, but it would also threaten basic protections like domestic partnerships and civil unions. While some try to cloud the issue, the amendment will not affect religious institutions' established right to decide their own rules on marriage."

More:
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/102805fedAmend.htm

[Mnemosyne]

1. .

:kick:

[William769]

2. I wonder why?

"Brownback said that he hoped the amendment would come to a vote in both the full Senate and House prior to the 2006 mid term elections."

They are so predictable.

[Ian David]

3. "Brownback" sounds like someone with Santorum on their ass

If I were named "Brownback," I'd probably be forced to become a raging homophobe just to prove that I wasn't gay.

[kweerwolf]

4. Brownback is a tool of the religious reich ...

around here we refer to him as "Sen. Brownshirt" in honor of the roots of his bigotry.