Senate tables measure
on same-sex-marriage ban
By AP from the Web,
May 7, 2008
HARRISBURG -- The state Senate
yesterday indefinitely tabled a measure that would amend Pennsylvania's
constitution to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.
The bill had been scheduled for a floor vote last evening, but the chief
sponsor, Sen. Michael Brubaker (R., Lancaster) told colleagues it would be set
aside because it faced long odds in the House.
But Sen. Vincent J. Fumo (D., Phila.), an opponent of the measure, told
reporters that Senate Republican leaders used House opposition as an excuse to
table the bill. Fumo said a majority of senators would have supported a floor
amendment to strip out wording to ban civil unions, which supporters considered
crucial. "A win is a win," Fumo said. "It can look ugly, it can look great. But
this is definitely a win."
Brubaker declined comment on Fumo's assertions.
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