Third effort begins for Indiana marriage ban -- Queer Lesbian Gay News -- Gay.com

Third effort begins for Indiana marriage ban -- Queer Lesbian Gay News -- Gay.com

published Thursday, January 10, 2008
A Republican in the Indiana Senate has filed a third resolution calling for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the state. The previous two such resolutions failed to make it to the House.
Sen. Brandt Hershman, one of the resolution's sponsors, has been urging the House to take up the issue early this year, the Associated Press reported. Toward that end, fellow Republican Eric Turner has said he plans to file a matching resolution in the Democrat-controlled House.
House Speaker Patrick Bauer, a Democrat, told the AP that while he is willing to introduce the resolution in committee for consideration, he doesn't feel it is necessary, given an existing state statute that bans same-sex marriage.
To amend the Indiana constitution, a resolution must pass two consecutive separately elected general assemblies before the measure can be placed on a statewide ballot. (The Advocate)