Discrimination Fails In West Virginia
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:12 am
A bid to advance an amendment to West Virginia’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage has failed.
Republicans and social conservatives had pushed the amendment, but it languished in a House committee.
Monday, Republican delegates attempted to drive the bill directly to the floor for a vote. The bid failed 67-30 along party lines.
Amending the West Virginia constitution requires approval of the legislature and a vote by the electorate.
Earlier this month, the conservative Family Policy Council began a telemarketing campaign accusing two lawmakers - Delegates Carrie Webster and Barbara Fleischauer - of blocking a vote on the measure.
Webster and Fleischauer called the move “intimidation.” The bill was tied up in the House Committee on Constitutional Revision, which Fleischauer heads. If approved there, it would have gone to the House Judiciary committee headed by Webster..
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Republicans and social conservatives had pushed the amendment, but it languished in a House committee.
Monday, Republican delegates attempted to drive the bill directly to the floor for a vote. The bid failed 67-30 along party lines.
Amending the West Virginia constitution requires approval of the legislature and a vote by the electorate.
Earlier this month, the conservative Family Policy Council began a telemarketing campaign accusing two lawmakers - Delegates Carrie Webster and Barbara Fleischauer - of blocking a vote on the measure.
Webster and Fleischauer called the move “intimidation.” The bill was tied up in the House Committee on Constitutional Revision, which Fleischauer heads. If approved there, it would have gone to the House Judiciary committee headed by Webster..
http://www.365gay.com/news/wva-rejects- ... amendment/