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Monday, March 28, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - HJR 6 on 2nd reading in Senate right now
And a loud demonstration is going on, with demonstrators chanting "Jobs, not hate."
[More] President Pro Temp Long has ordered the gallery cleared and the doors of the Senate gallery locked.
Senator Lanane offers Amendment #1 to HJR 6, to remove the second sentence of the proposed constitutional amendment. He also offered this amendment in Senate committee, where it failed on a party line vote.
[More] A Michigan Supreme Court decision re similar language in the Michigan Constitution has been talked about by both sides of the debate, but without specifics. Here is the ILB May 7, 2008 entry on the decision.
Here is the opinion. It begins:
We granted leave to appeal to consider whether the marriage amendment, Const 1963, art 1, § 25, which states that “the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose,” prohibits public employers from providing health-insurance benefits to their employees’ qualified same-sex domestic partners. Because we agree with the Court of Appeals that providing such benefits does violate the marriage amendment, we affirm its judgment.[More] Amendment #1 fails.
Senator Lanane offers Amendment #2, which he describes as intended to provide some flexibility for future legislatures. Fails 36-11, with Becker and Hume not present. Same vote as #1.
HJR 6 moves on to engrossment (as in "amendment, recommitment or engrossment").
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 28, 2011 01:42 PM
Posted to Indiana Government