Pennsylvania Marriage Amendment likely dead in Senate
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports:
A bill that would amend the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage is in a deep coma and is probably dead, at least for the rest of this session . . .
The chances that Senate Bill 1250 might have passed the Senate were good, since it’s controlled by Republicans 29 to 21. The measure just passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 18-8 on Monday, and had also passed in the Judiciary Committee.
But Mr. Brubaker said last evening he’d learned the bill, if it did get through the Senate, would be sent to the House State Government Committee, where it likely wouldn’t be acted on anytime soon. That panel is chaired by Rep. Babette Josephs, D-Philadelphia, who strongly opposed putting a ban on same-sex marriage into the constitution. Democrats control the House by a slim margin of 102-101 . . .
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