Arizonans to vote on the Marriage Amendment in November
The Center for Arizona Policy reports that the Amendment passed the Senate and will appear on the November 2008 election ballot. After failing on Wednesday, the AP reports that the Senate passed the Amendment in a second vote by a margin of 16-4.
The Arizona Republic reports: “The long-anticipated vote came just before adjournment and followed hours of angry, raucous debate in which the legislative rule book was used as a weapon to both stall the vote (Democrats) and cut short debate (Republicans). Senators on both sides of the aisle and of the issue lamented a meltdown in the higher chamber, as most of the day’s work was scrapped so that the marriage amendment could be voted upon while key senators were present.”